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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
- 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
- grammar - Covered in or Covered with trash - English Language . . .
The mountain is covered with trash; This implies that the mountain is covered in so much trash, it's as if you put a blanket on top of it You basically cannot see the mountain anymore because of the trash The mountain is covered in trash; This implies that there is trash everywhere, but the mountain is still recognizable
- 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
- 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'?
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
A modern example at a hospital A porte-cochère coach gate or carriage porch is a covered porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which originally a horse and carriage and today a motor vehicle can pass to provide arriving and departing occupants protection from the elements
- What’s a non-vulgar alternative for “covering one’s
Starting a new business during a recession certainly carries many risks, but Tom is confident that he has covered all the angles Alice and Bob have tried to cover all the angles while strengthening their relationship
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