Dictionary

covering en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English coverynge, participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of cover
   form of cover

covering en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) + -ing.

Meanings

1. (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
   • 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." 2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: More trains... but advice is not to use public transport”, in Rail, page 6:
2. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
3. (countable, of a given open set U, uncountable) 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.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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

Forms

Deriveds

precovering · undercovering · face covering · head covering · wallcovering · semicovering · subcovering · wall covering · bedcovering · covering horse · floorcovering · window covering · covering index

Translations (28)

pl powłoka (that which covers something) · la tegumentum (that which covers something) · hu borítás (that which covers something) · grc σκέπασμα (that which covers something) · pl przykrycie (that which covers something) · la integumentum (that which covers something) · hy ծածկոց (that which covers something) · hy պատյան (that which covers something) · ga cumhdach (that which covers something) · gd sgàile (that which covers something) · mi tūpuni (that which covers something) · hu burkolat (that which covers something) · bg покривка (that which covers something) · pl nakrycie (that which covers something) · de Abdeckung (that which covers something) · he עֲטִיפָה (that which covers something) · he כיסוי (that which covers something) · la operculum (that which covers something) · got 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (that which covers something) · gv coodagh (that which covers something) · fi peite (that which covers something) · pl pokrycie (that which covers something) · pl okrycie (that which covers something) · gd pùball (that which covers something) · la tegimen (that which covers something) · hy շապիկ (that which covers something) · izh kate (that which covers something) · bg облицовка (that which covers something)