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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Covering \Cov"er*ing\, n. Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc Noah removed the covering of the ark. --Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. --Job. xxiv. 7. A covering over the well's mouth. --2 Sam. xvii. 19. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cover \Cov"er\ (k?v"?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Covered} (-?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Covering}.] [OF. covrir F. couvrir fr L. cooperire co- + operire to cover; probably fr ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open Cf {Aperient}, {Overt}, {Curfew}.] 1. To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth. 2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak. And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throne. --Milton. All that beauty than doth cover thee. --Shak. 3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as he covered himself with glory. The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. --Brougham. 4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods. A cloud covered the mount. --Exod. xxiv. 15. In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. --Milton. 5. To brood or sit on to incubate. While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. --Addison. 6. To overwhelm; to spread over The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. --Ex. xiv. 28. 7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as the cavalry covered the retreat. His calm and blameless life Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace cover him round. --Cowley. 8. To remove from remembrance; to put away to remit. ``Blessed is he whose is covered.'' --Ps. xxxii 1. 9. To extend over to be sufficient for to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses. 10. To put the usual covering or headdress on Cover thy head . . .; nay, prithee, be covered. --Shak. 11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male. {To cover} {ground or distance}, to pass over as the rider covered the ground in an hour. {To cover one's short contracts} (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. {Covering party} (Mil.), a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as of men working in the trenches. {To cover into}, to transfer to as to cover into the treasury. Syn: To shelter; screen; shield; hide; overspread. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: covering adj 1: above or covering a wide area; "the covering darkness"; "shadow of the overhanging crag"; "the dark overspreading clouds" [syn: {overhanging}, {overspreading}] 2: actively protective; "provided covering fire for the platoon that was moving up" [syn: {shielding}] n 1: a natural object that covers or envelops; "the fox was flushed from its cover" [syn: {natural covering}, {cover}] 2: an artifact that protects or shelters or conceals 3: the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: {cover}, {screening}, {masking}] 4: the act of protecting something by covering it 5: the work of applying something "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"; [syn: {application}, {coating}]
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