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- meaning - Covered with vs. covered in vs. covered by - English . . .
The field was covered by a tarp, but not ; The field was covered in a tarp Use covered with to indicate an unusual amount of something on top of something else; use covered by to connote a covering so dense that the object being covered is completely obscured from view: The mountain was covered with fog The mountain was covered by fog
- “covered by” vs. “covered with” - English Language Usage . . .
Covered by with was helpful When referring to a substance that sticks to another, use in or with: covered with blood Use covered with to indicate an unusual amount of something on top of something else; use covered by to connote a covering so dense that the object being covered is completely obscured from view: The mountain was covered with fog
- What is the meaning of Im covered?
However, if I ascribed odds of less than 1% to Yellowstone blowing in the next 10 years, I'm covered What is the meaning of "I'm covered"? At first, I read as "I am covered by misunderstanding and cannot see the true probability any more " However, the context is like, the assuming the probability less than 1% is reasonable It's opposite
- Whats the difference between shrouded with and covered with?
Additional note: becuase of the connotation of mystery, shrouded also frequently implies 'hidden by' I might say something was covered with a tarpaulin, but I would be likely to say 'shrouded with' only if it was a camouflage pattern –
- phrase requests - What is the word for something that has been covered . . .
well covered I don't know how to document this You could satisfy yourself that these two expressions are used the way you have in mind by googling with quotes, for example "has been well covered" Here are your two example sentences: The issue of the tampon tax has been well covered by the press
- single word requests - What do you call the covered area of the drive . . .
The question is seeking a word for the whole covered area rather than just the cover that covers it, while I would think that canopy (in so far as it is used in this context at all) would normally be understood to refer only to the cover Would you really say 'I needed some cash, so I drove my car into the canopy of the XY Bank'?
- puns - Weve got you covered on an umbrella - English Language . . .
In one sense, the word covered is used to different ways (sort of) in that the phrase is usually used to mean a covered responsibility, not literally covered At the same time, one use of the word is clearly descended from the other (so much so that maybe it is the same definition of the word that is being used, not two distinct ones)
- What is the word for a plant covered in fine white hairs?
: covered with fine hair or hairlike filaments : woolly "Lanate " Merriam-Webster com Merriam-Webster, n d Web 27 Dec 2017 Lamb's-ear plants are perennial herbs usually densely covered with gray or silver-white, silky-lanate hairs They are named lamb's ears because of the leaves curved shape and white, soft, fur-like hair coating
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