covering

Pluralcoverings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A layer of material placed over something to protect it, hide it, or wrap it.

   Like a blanket spread over a bed to keep it warm or hidden.

   The bed had a thick covering of soft blankets.

   A plastic covering kept the rain off the firewood.

   Similarlayer, coating, blanket, wrapping, coat

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of cover. Use this form for something happening right now.

   She is covering the baby with a warm blanket.

   The workers are covering the road with fresh tar.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of putting a layer over or onto something.

   The covering of the walls with plaster took all day.

   Careful covering of the young plants saved them from the frost.

   Similarwrapping

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   In advanced math, a special map that makes one shape look, up close, like several copies of another.

   Like wrapping a long string around a ring many times.

   In class we drew a covering that maps a line onto a circle.

   Each covering shows how one shape can fold neatly onto another.

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5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountable

   In math, a group of sets that together include all of another set.

   Like using several sheets of paper to cover a whole tabletop.

   A covering of the square uses several smaller pieces to fill it.

   We found a covering made of three overlapping circles.

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