covering

Main Entry:
covering [kuhv-er-ing]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: top
Synonyms: cover, housing, integument, shelter
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: protect, guard
Synonyms: bulwark, defend, fend, house, reinforce, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield, watch over
Antonyms: abandon, disregard, forget, ignore, leave alone
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: include, contain
Synonyms: be enough, comprehend, comprise, consider, deal with, embody, embrace, encompass, examine, incorporate, involve, meet, provide for, reach, refer to, suffice, survey, take account of
Antonyms: exclude
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: describe in published writing
Synonyms: broadcast, detail, investigate, narrate, recount, relate, report, tell of, write up
Antonyms: disregard, forget, ignore
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fill in for, compensate
Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, double for, insure, make good, make up for, offset, relieve, stand in for, substitute, take over, take the rap for
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: travel across area
Synonyms: cross, do, journey over, pass over, pass through, range, track, traverse, trek
Related Words
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
antipudic, apatetic, armor, conchiferous, conchitic, conchological, cortical, covered, covering, cutaneous, cuticular, cyanotic, decorticated, deric, dermal, desquamate, doughfaced, echinulate, enameled, encrusted, encuirassed, flue, furfuraceous, galericulate, imbricate, imbricated, incanous, ironclad, lanuginous, lepidote, lined, loricated, lutose, overlaid, pastose, plumulaceous, procryptic, rorulent, scaled, scaly, scurfy, skinny, squamaceous, squamate, squamous, stegocephalic, stimulose, strigillose, stupulose, superincumbent, superjacent, tegumentary, tomentose, under cover
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Covering.
Category: 3. Centrical dimensions; general
Synonyms:
-nouns
covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade); shield (defense)., roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile; tiling, slates, slating, leads; barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling, shed (abode) [more]., top, lid, covercle, door, operculum; bulkhead [U.S.]., bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall., coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget; housing; antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip; linoleum; saddle cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah [U.S.], apishamore [U.S.]., integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide; pelt, peltry; cordwain; derm; robe, buffalo robe [U.S.]; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis., clothing; mask (concealment)., peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat; eggshell, glume., capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca; elytron; elytrum; involucrum; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck; dermatology, conchology; testaceology., veneer, facing; engobe; pavement; scale (layer); coating, paint; varnish (resin); anointing; inunction; incrustation, superposition, obduction; ground, enamel, whitewash, plaster, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment (grease).
-verbs
cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap; incase; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.]., coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stuccco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear, bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash; parget; lay it on thick., overlie, overarch; endome; conceal.
-adjectives
covering; cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous; covered; imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad; under cover; cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform; vaginate.
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Main Entry: awning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: canopy
Synonyms: covering, door cover, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, sunshade, tent
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