"cover ground" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: covers ground [present, singular, third-person], covering ground [participle, present], covered ground [participle, past], covered ground [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cover ground (third-person singular simple present covers ground, present participle covering ground, simple past and past participle covered ground)
  1. To move across an area; to traverse a certain distance.
    Sense id: en-cover_ground-en-verb-9qHJEeiG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. To do a certain amount of work; to make progress towards an end.
    Sense id: en-cover_ground-en-verb-mLkfcA8S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cover the ground Related terms: ground cover, pound the pavement

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cover ground meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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