Covering is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for COVERING in dictionary:

VERB:
• put something on top of or in front of (something) in order to protect or conceal it
• envelop in a layer of something, especially dirt
• scatter a layer of loose material over (a floor or other surface), leaving it obscured
• lie over or adhere to (a surface), as decoration or to conceal something
• extend over (an area)
• travel (a specified distance)
• deal with (a subject) by describing or analysing its most important aspects or events
• investigate, report on, or show pictures of (an event)
• have responsibility for or provide services to (a particular area)
• (of a rule or law) apply to (a person or situation)
• (of a sum of money) be enough to pay (a cost)
• (of insurance) protect against a liability, loss, or accident involving financial consequences
• take precautionary measures so as to protect oneself against future blame or liability
• disguise the sound or fact of (something) with another sound or action
• disguise the illicit absence or wrongdoing of (someone) in order to spare them punishment
• temporarily take over the job of (a colleague) in their absence
• aim a gun at (someone) in order to prevent them from moving or escaping
• protect (an exposed person) by shooting at an enemy
• (of a fortress, gun, or cannon) have (an area) within range.
• stand behind (another player) to stop any missed balls.
• (in team games) take up a position ready to defend against (an opposing player).
• be in position at (a base) ready to catch the ball
• record or perform a new version of (a song) originally performed by someone else
• (of a male animal, especially a stallion) copulate with (a female animal)
• play a higher card on (a high card) in a trick
NOUN:
• something that covers
• a thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it
• a thin solid object that seals a container or hole; a lid
• a thick protective outer part or page of a book or magazine
• bedclothes
• the amount of ground covered by a vertical projection of the vegetation, usually expressed as a percentage.
• shelter or protection sought by people in danger
• undergrowth or trees used as a shelter by animals
• military support given when someone is being attacked
• an activity or organization used as a means of concealing an illegal or secret activity
• an identity adopted by a spy to conceal their true activities
• protection by insurance against a liability, loss, or accident
• a recording or performance of a song previously recorded by a different artist
• a place setting at a table in a restaurant
• an area of the field consisting of cover point and extra cover
• Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.
• a natural object that covers or envelops
• an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
• the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
• the act of protecting something by covering it
• the work of applying something
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to place something over or upon
• another word forcover

Words related to COVERING

corselette12 corselettes13 cover10 covered13 coverings15 covers11

How to use COVERING in a sentence

• But when he went before the LORD to speak with him, he took the covering off until he came out.
• In this trench were laid a number of wires, each with a different covering.
• In winter, when he travelled or hunted on horseback, he threw over his shoulders a covering of otter or sheepskin.
• I remember the effort it cost me to leave the support of the wall and covering darkness of my corner, and step out into the grey light of the corridor.
• No more covering should be used, however, than seems judicious.
• She made herself a long covering of grass that completely enveloped her, and, shrouded in this, waited at the edge of the water-hole for the birds to come and drink.
• NEBRASKA AND NORTH WESTERN DIGEST, covering all cases reported in Nebraska reports.
• Second unit in three volumes covering volumes 46-57 of the Philippine reports.
• Maryland reporter covering cases reported in Atlantic reporter, second series.
• Pennsylvania reporter covering cases reported in Atlantic reporter, second series.
• The Pinus may be increased by layers, or by sowing the cones in spring, after they have opened out, in rather sandy soil, covering them lightly.
• And it was indeed no longer possible to rule the great Toba empire, now covering the whole of North China from North Shansi.
• Rescued at last, providentially, De Quincey spent the next period of his life, covering the years 1803-7, in residence at Oxford.
• In method we have, instead of an attack with the two main divisions, an attack with one only, with the other covering it.
• I wrapped myself up in a blanket and all the covering I could get to defend myself from the air.
• She tottered a little, covering her face with her hands, sobbing like a hurt child.
• Each picket had charge of a stretch of ground, and in the morning soldiers would ride sharply to right and left, covering it.
• This had had the effect of cracking the covering of ice, and it had broken up.
• There we were glad to find ourselves installed in billets with a roof covering us once more.
• Let us, then, return to the middle of November, at which time our forces had captured, and were holding, positions covering Jaffa, Ramleh and Junction Station.
• A man with a dog trained to hunt guns might spend a week on the gun-position area covering ten miles of the front and not locate half the guns.
• Coil the other end of the string around the finger covering the part from the ring to and over the finger joint.
• The room was cold and she shivered as she lay beneath her insufficient covering.
• The snow lay smooth on the two graves, and she placed her flowers upon them softly without disturbing the white covering.
• On the following day, as the Boers were threatening the Bridge Post before the works were complete, one company and two guns were sent out as a covering party.

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