covering
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).
Verb
covering
Etymology 2
From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)][1]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) + -ing.
Noun
covering (countable and uncountable, plural coverings)
- (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
- (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
Translations
that which covers something
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References
- ^ “cǒveringe, ger.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 16 December 2019.
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