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Noun covering has 5 senses
- covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"
--1 is a kind of natural object
--1 has particulars: | | scale; shell; test; body covering; sheath, case; integument; blanket, mantle; crust, incrustation, encrustation; envelope; indumentum, indument; shell; shell, eggshell; skim; slough; snowcap; vesture; peridium; pericarp, seed vessel; perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium; theca, sac; indusium; bark |
- covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
--2 is a kind of artifact, artefact
--2 has particulars: | | artificial skin; bootleg; bubble; canopy; casing; chafing gear; cloak; cloth covering; clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear; coating, coat; cover plate; drape; earmuff; fig leaf; finger; flap; floor cover, floor covering; folder; footwear, footgear; hood, exhaust hood; imbrication, overlapping, lapping; instep; mask; mercy seat; paddle box, paddle-box; planking; protective covering, protective cover, protection; screen, cover, covert, concealment; swathing; thumb; toe; top, cover; upholstery; wrapping, wrap, wrapper |
- cover, covering, screening, masking - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
--3 is a kind of concealment, concealing, hiding
- covering - the act of protecting something by covering it
--4 is a kind of protection
--4 has particulars: dressing, grooming
- application, coating, covering - the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";
--5 is a kind of manual labor, manual labour
--5 has particulars:
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