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covering
(encz) | covering,kryt v: Zdeněk Brož |
covering
(encz) | covering,krytí Zdeněk Brož |
covering
(encz) | covering,krytina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Covering
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
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And with the majesty of darkness round
Covers his throne. --Milton.
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All that beauty than doth cover thee. --Shak.
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3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon
(one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
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The powers that covered themselves with everlasting
infamy by the partition of Poland. --Brougham.
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4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were
covered from our sight by the woods.
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A cloud covered the mount. --Exod. xxiv.
15.
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In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame.
--Milton.
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5. To brood or sit on; to incubate.
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While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . .
diverts her with his songs. --Addison.
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6. To overwhelm; to spread over.
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The waters returned and covered the chariots and the
horsemen. --Ex. xiv. 28.
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7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend;
as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
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His calm and blameless life
Does with substantial blessedness abound,
And the soft wings of peace cover him round.
--Cowley.
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8. To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
"Blessed is he whose is covered." --Ps. xxxii. 1.
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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.
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10. To put the usual covering or headdress on.
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Cover thy head . . .; nay, prithee, be covered.
--Shak.
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11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers
a mare; -- said of the male.
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To cover ground or To cover 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.
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Covering
(gcide) | Covering \Cov"er*ing\, n.
Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a
wrapper, clothing, etc.
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Noah removed the covering of the ark. --Gen. viii.
13.
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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that
they have no covering in the cold. --Job. xxiv.
7.
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A covering over the well's mouth. --2 Sam. xvii.
19.
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covering
(wn) | covering
n 1: a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering
of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" [syn:
covering, natural covering, cover]
2: an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or
shelter or conceal it)
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, covering, 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, covering] |
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uncovering
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body covering
(encz) | body covering,pokrývka těla n: Ivan Masár |
cloth covering
(encz) | cloth covering, n: |
covering
(encz) | covering,kryt v: Zdeněk Brožcovering,krytí Zdeněk Brožcovering,krytina n: Zdeněk Brož |
covering fire
(encz) | covering fire, n: |
covering letter
(encz) | covering letter, n: |
covering material
(encz) | covering material, n: |
covering of buried drain piping
(encz) | covering of buried drain piping,zatrušování [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
discovering
(encz) | discovering,objevování n: Zdeněk Brož |
floor covering
(encz) | floor covering, n: |
head covering
(encz) | head covering, n: |
lap covering
(encz) | lap covering, n: |
leg covering
(encz) | leg covering, n: |
natural covering
(encz) | natural covering, n: |
protective covering
(encz) | protective covering, n: |
protective dam covering
(encz) | protective dam covering,ochranná vrstva hráze [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
recovering
(encz) | recovering,uzdravování n: Zdeněk Brožrecovering,uzdravující adj: Zdeněk Brožrecovering,zotavování n: Zdeněk Brožrecovering,zotavující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
roof covering
(encz) | roof covering,střešní krytina [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
short covering
(encz) | short covering, n: |
uncovering
(encz) | uncovering,odkrytí Zdeněk Brožuncovering,odkrývající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Covering party
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
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And with the majesty of darkness round
Covers his throne. --Milton.
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All that beauty than doth cover thee. --Shak.
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3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon
(one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
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The powers that covered themselves with everlasting
infamy by the partition of Poland. --Brougham.
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4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were
covered from our sight by the woods.
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A cloud covered the mount. --Exod. xxiv.
15.
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In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame.
--Milton.
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5. To brood or sit on; to incubate.
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While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . .
diverts her with his songs. --Addison.
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6. To overwhelm; to spread over.
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The waters returned and covered the chariots and the
horsemen. --Ex. xiv. 28.
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7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend;
as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
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His calm and blameless life
Does with substantial blessedness abound,
And the soft wings of peace cover him round.
--Cowley.
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8. To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
"Blessed is he whose is covered." --Ps. xxxii. 1.
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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.
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10. To put the usual covering or headdress on.
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Cover thy head . . .; nay, prithee, be covered.
--Shak.
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11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers
a mare; -- said of the male.
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To cover ground or To cover 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.
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Covering scale
(gcide) | Scale \Scale\, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin
to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell,
Dan. skiael a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale,
shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps
rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. ['e]caille scale of a
fish, and ['e]cale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of
German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See
Shale.]
1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny
pieces which form the covering of many fishes and
reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part
of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid,
Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
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Fish that, with their fins and shining scales,
Glide under the green wave. --Milton.
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2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material,
resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a
scale of iron, of bone, etc.
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3. (Zool.) One of the small scalelike structures covering
parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of
Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of
certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.
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4. (Zool.) A scale insect. (See below.)
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5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf,
resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in
arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and
the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems
of ferns.
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6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a
pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
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7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which
water is heated, as a steam boiler.
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8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron
forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide,
Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
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Covering scale (Zool.), a hydrophyllium.
Ganoid scale. (Zool.) See under Ganoid.
Scale armor (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales
overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth.
Scale beetle (Zool.), the tiger beetle.
Scale carp (Zool.), a carp having normal scales.
Scale insect (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
hemipterous insects belonging to the family Coccidae, in
which the females, when adult, become more or less
scalelike in form. They are found upon the leaves and
twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do great
damage to fruit trees. See Orange scale,under Orange.
Scale moss (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order
Hepaticae; -- so called from the small imbricated
scalelike leaves of most of the species. See Hepatica,
2, and Jungermannia.
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Discovering
(gcide) | Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren,
OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d['e]couvrir; des- (L. dis-) +
couvrir to cover. See Cover.]
1. To uncover. [Obs.]
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Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any
church. --Abp.
Grindal.
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2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to
reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret,
unseen, or unknown). [Archaic]
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Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince. --Shak.
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Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity
doth best discover virtue. --Bacon.
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We will discover ourselves unto them. --1 Sam. xiv.
8.
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Discover not a secret to another. --Prov. xxv.
9.
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3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of
a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to
find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. [WordNet sense
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
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Some to discover islands far away. --Shak.
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4. To manifest without design; to show.
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The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. --C. J.
Smith.
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5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]
Syn: To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal;
communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. --
To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed
before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming
combinations which are either entirely new, or which
attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus
discovered America; Newton discovered the law of
gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo
invented the telescope.
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Recovering
(gcide) | Recover \Re*cov"er\ (r?*k?v"?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recovered
(-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ] [OE. recoveren, OF.
recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re- re + a
word of unknown origin. Cf.Recuperate.]
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1. To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to
win back; to regain.
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David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried
away. --1. Sam. xxx.
18.
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2. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve;
to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
"Loss of catel may recovered be." --Chaucer.
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Even good men have many failings and lapses to
lament and recover. --Rogers.
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3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring
back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
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The wine in my bottle will recover him. --Shak.
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4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind
or body.
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I do hope to recover my late hurt. --Cowley.
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When I had recovered a little my first surprise.
--De Foe.
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5. To rescue; to deliver.
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That they may recover themselves out of the snare of
the devil, who are taken captive by him. --2. Tim.
ii. 26.
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6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come
to. [Archaic]
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The forest is not three leagues off;
If we recover that, we're sure enough. --Shak.
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Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge
he was to die. --Hales.
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7. (Law) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for
injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to
recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title
to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in
ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process;
as, to recover judgement against a defendant.
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Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is
brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready."
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Syn: To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal;
cure.
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Uncovering
(gcide) | Uncover \Un*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncovered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Uncovering.] [1st pref. un- + cover.]
1. To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to
uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's
body.
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2. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. "To uncover his
perjury to the oath of his coronation." --Milton.
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3. To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to
uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.
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bed covering
(wn) | bed covering
n 1: decorative cover for a bed [syn: bedspread, bedcover,
bed cover, bed covering, counterpane, spread] |
body covering
(wn) | body covering
n 1: any covering for the body or a body part |
cloth covering
(wn) | cloth covering
n 1: a covering made of cloth |
covering
(wn) | covering
n 1: a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering
of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" [syn:
covering, natural covering, cover]
2: an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or
shelter or conceal it)
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, covering, 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, covering] |
covering fire
(wn) | covering fire
n 1: fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your
own individuals or formations; "artillery provided covering
fire for the withdrawal" [syn: cover, covering fire] |
covering letter
(wn) | covering letter
n 1: a letter sent along with other documents to provide
additional information [syn: covering letter, {cover
letter}] |
covering material
(wn) | covering material
n 1: a material used by builders to cover surfaces |
floor covering
(wn) | floor covering
n 1: a covering for a floor [syn: floor cover, {floor
covering}] |
head covering
(wn) | head covering
n 1: a garment that covers the head and face [syn: {head
covering}, veil] |
lap covering
(wn) | lap covering
n 1: the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs;
"his lap was covered with food stains" [syn: lap, {lap
covering}] |
leg covering
(wn) | leg covering
n 1: a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee
to the ankle) [syn: legging, leging, leg covering] |
natural covering
(wn) | natural covering
n 1: a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering
of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" [syn:
covering, natural covering, cover] |
protective covering
(wn) | protective covering
n 1: a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury;
"they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided
protection for the floors" [syn: protective covering,
protective cover, protection]
2: the tough natural covering of some organisms |
recovering
(wn) | recovering
adj 1: returning to health after illness or debility;
"convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed"
[syn: convalescent, recovering] |
short covering
(wn) | short covering
n 1: the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller
to close out a short sale |
uncovering
(wn) | uncovering
n 1: the removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping,
uncovering, baring, husking]
2: the act of discovering something [syn: discovery, find,
uncovering] |
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