covering
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a natural object that covers or envelops
under a covering of dust
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Types & categories
- artifact
- artificial skin
- bootleg
- bubble
- canopy
- casing
- chafing gear
- cloak
- cloth covering
- clothing
- coating
- cover plate
- drape
- earmuff
- fig leaf
- finger
- flap
- floor cover
- folder
- footgear
- exhaust hood
- hood
- imbrication
- instep
- mask
- matting
- mercy seat
- paddle box
- planking
- protective covering
- cover
- swathing
- thumb
- toe
- cover
- upholstery
- wrapping
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of protecting something by covering it
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the work of applying something
the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread over |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural object |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scale |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | test |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | body covering |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheath |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | integument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blanket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incrustation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | envelope |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | indumentum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roof |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eggshell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slough |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snowcap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vesture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peridium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pericarp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chlamys |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | theca |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | indusium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bark |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | artificial skin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bootleg |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bubble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | canopy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | casing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chafing gear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloak |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloth covering |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clothing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | coating |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover plate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | earmuff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fig leaf |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | finger |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | floor cover |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | folder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | footgear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exhaust hood |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hood |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | imbrication |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | instep |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mask |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | matting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mercy seat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | paddle box |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | planking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | protective covering |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swathing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thumb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | toe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | upholstery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrapping |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shield |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mask |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover up |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | concealing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrap up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | protection |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | grooming |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | coat |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | apply |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | manual labor |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | anointing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fumigation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | foliation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | galvanization |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lubrication |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pavage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | painting |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spraying |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tin-plating |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tinning |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | papering |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | plastering |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | plating |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scumble |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tiling |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | waxing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lining |