covering: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 14 letter points · starts with C · ends with G
Meaning of covering
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of cover
Base or related entry: cover.
Source: Wiktionary — covering.
noun
- countable
That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
- uncountable
Action of the verb to cover.
- countable, uncountable
A collection of sets U_i such that their union contains U; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is open; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is contained in U.
- countable, uncountable
A special kind of map that establishes a relationship between two topological spaces in the sense that, under the action of the map, the one looks locally like several copies of the second: Formally, a continuous map π:E→X between topological spaces such that there exists, for every point x in X, a discrete space D_x and an open neighborhood U of x such that π⁻¹(U)= displaystyle ⨆_(d∈D_x)V_d and π|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D_x. See Covering space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Listed forms: coverings.
Source: Wiktionary — covering.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for covering.
noun
a natural object that covers or envelops
- natural covering
- cover
noun
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
noun
the work of applying something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is covering in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of covering
C(3) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of covering
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from covering
123 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in covering. Showing up to 24, longest first.