"covering" meaning in English

See covering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-covering.ogg Forms: coverings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coverynge}} Middle English coverynge, {{affix|en|cover|-ing|pos1=verb}} cover (verb) + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} covering (countable and uncountable, plural coverings)
  1. (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another. Tags: countable Translations (that which covers something): σκέπασμα (sképasma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), պատյան (patyan) (Armenian), ծածկոց (cackocʻ) (Armenian), շապիկ (šapik) (Armenian), покривка (pokrivka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), облицовка (oblicovka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), peite (Finnish), Abdeckung [feminine] (German), 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (hulistr) [neuter] (Gothic), כיסוי (kisui) [masculine] (Hebrew), עֲטִיפָה ('atifá) [feminine] (Hebrew), burkolat (Hungarian), borítás (Hungarian), kate (Ingrian), cumhdach [masculine] (Irish), integumentum [neuter] (Latin), operculum [neuter] (Latin), tegimen [neuter] (Latin), tegumentum [neuter] (Latin), coodagh [masculine] (Manx), tūpuni (Maori), sgàile [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pùball [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-covering-en-noun-zu~ju--J Disambiguation of 'that which covers something': 78 8 4 10
  2. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-covering-en-noun-qBHw2Oms
  3. (topology, of a given open set U) A collection of sets U_i such that their union contains U; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is open; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is contained in U. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-covering-en-noun-j3AtTYGc Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
  4. (topology) A special kind of map that establishes a relationship between two topological spaces in the sense that, under the action of the map, the one looks locally like several copies of the second: Formally, a continuous map π:E→X between topological spaces such that there exists, for every point x in X, a discrete space D_x and an open neighborhood U of x such that π⁻¹(U)= displaystyle ⨆_(d∈D_x)V_d and π|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D_x. See Covering space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-covering-en-noun-en:top_sp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 1 31 40 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 24 2 30 41 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 2 27 41 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 1 31 43 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 1 29 42 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 17 4 29 45 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 23 3 26 45 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 3 26 43 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 3 26 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 3 26 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 23 2 24 48 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 25 3 25 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 2 33 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 23 3 25 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 3 25 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 24 2 26 46 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 23 3 26 45 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 3 26 45 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 23 3 26 45 3 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-covering.ogg
Etymology: Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|cover|-ing|pos1=verb}} cover (verb) + -ing, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} covering
  1. present participle and gerund of cover Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cover
    Sense id: en-covering-en-verb--Lt-QchG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: More trains... but advice is not to use public transport”, in Rail, page 6:",
          "text": "Face covering is also mentioned: \"There are some circumstances when wearing a face covering may be marginally beneficial as a precautionary measure. The evidence suggests that wearing a face covering does not protect you, but it may protect others if you are infected but have not yet developed symptoms. [...] If you can, wear a face covering if you need to use public transport.\"",
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          "ref": "2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: More trains... but advice is not to use public transport”, in Rail, page 6:",
          "text": "Face covering is also mentioned: \"There are some circumstances when wearing a face covering may be marginally beneficial as a precautionary measure. The evidence suggests that wearing a face covering does not protect you, but it may protect others if you are infected but have not yet developed symptoms. [...] If you can, wear a face covering if you need to use public transport.\"",
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      "word": "պատյան"
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "word": "շապիկ"
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "word": "peite"
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
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      "word": "Abdeckung"
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      "roman": "hulistr",
      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂"
    },
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
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      "word": "σκέπασμα"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kisui",
      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "כיסוי"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'atifá",
      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "עֲטִיפָה"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "word": "burkolat"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "word": "borítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "word": "kate"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cumhdach"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "integumentum"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that which covers something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "operculum"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "tegimen"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "word": "coodagh"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "tūpuni"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "code": "gd",
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