Binding
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bind |
Binding
(a.) That binds |
Binding
(n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, binds. |
Binding
(n.) Anything that binds |
Binding
(pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel. |
Cover
(v. t.) To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another |
Cover
(v. t.) To envelop |
Cover
(v. t.) To invest (one's self with something) |
Cover
(v. t.) To hide sight |
Cover
(v. t.) To brood or sit on |
Cover
(v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger |
Cover
(v. t.) To remove from remembrance |
Cover
(v. t.) To extend over |
Cover
(v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on. |
Cover
(v. t.) To copulate with (a female) |
Cover
(n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing |
Cover
(n.) Anything which veils or conceals |
Cover
(n.) Shelter |
Cover
(n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game |
Cover
(n.) The lap of a slide valve. |
Cover
(n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture |
Cover
(v. i.) To spread a table for a meal |
Cover-point
(n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Cover-shame
(n.) Something used to conceal infamy. |
Embroidered
(imp. & p. p.) of Embroider |
Hard
(superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to accomplish |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to resist or control |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to bear or endure |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to please or influence |
Hard
(superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste |
Hard
(superl.) Rough |
Hard
(superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance |
Hard
(superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance |
Hard
(superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures |
Hard
(superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. |
Hard
(adv.) With pressure |
Hard
(adv.) With difficulty |
Hard
(adv.) Uneasily |
Hard
(adv.) So as to raise difficulties. |
Hard
(adv.) With tension or strain of the powers |
Hard
(adv.) Close or near. |
Hard
(v. t.) To harden |
Hard
(n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp. |
Hard-favored
(a.) Hard-featured |
Hard-featured
(a.) Having coarse, unattractive or stern features. |
Hard-fisted
(a.) Having hard or strong hands |
Hard-fisted
(a.) Close-fisted |
Hard-fought
(a. Vigorously) contested |
soft-shoe
soft-shoe shuffle
soft-shoe dancing | tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles |
loose end
unfinished business | work that is left incomplete |
dressing bandaging
binding | the act of applying a bandage |
| air cover | the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations |
| cover covering fire | fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations, artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal |
cover
covering screening
masking | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it, the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft |
| cover | a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent), her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment |
| cover-up | concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public |
buyer's market
buyers' market
soft market | a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy |
| hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
| soft sell | suggestive or persuasive advertising |
soft-finned fish
malacopterygian | any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii |
soft-shelled turtle
pancake turtle | voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin, can inflict painful bites |
hard tick
ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
soft tick
argasid | tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam
Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
quahog
quahaug
hard-shell clam
hard clam
round clam
Venus mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
| hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
soft-shell crab
soft-shelled crab | edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell |
| soft scale | an insect active in all stages |
brown soft scale
Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
bedspread
bedcover
bed cover
bed covering
counterpane
spread | decorative cover for a bed |
binding
book binding
cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
| binding | strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration |
blanket
cover | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed, he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep |
cover
cover version
cover song | a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else, they made a cover of a Beatles' song |
cover glass
cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
| cover plate | covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
disk drive
disc drive
hard drive
Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
drygoods
soft goods | textiles or clothing and related merchandise |
| dust cover | a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment |
| dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
floor cover
floor covering | a covering for a floor |
| half binding | book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another |
hard disc
hard disk
fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
| hard drug | a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction |
hard hat
tin hat
safety hat | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
| hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
lens cap
lens cover | cap used to keep lens free of dust when not in use |
| manhole cover | a flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street) |
| mattress cover | bedclothes that provide a cover for a mattress |
protective covering
protective cover
protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
record sleeve
record cover | a sleeve for storing a phonograph record |
screen cover covert
concealment | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something, a screen of trees afforded privacy, under cover of darkness, the brush provided a covert for game, the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background |
ski binding
binding | one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot, the bindings should release in case of a fall |
| soft drug | a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction |
| soft pedal | a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound |
soft soap
green soap | a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils, used in certain skin diseases |
| three-quarter binding | the spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover |
| top cover | covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container), he removed the top of the carton, he couldn't get the top off of the bottle, put the cover back on the kettle |