About 58,100 results
Open links in new tab
  1. meaning - "Covered with" vs. "covered in" vs. "covered by"

    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 …

  2. “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 …

  3. What is the meaning of "I'm covered"?

    Jun 18, 2021 · 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 …

  4. phrase requests - What is the word for something that has been …

    Dec 11, 2016 · 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 …

  5. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 7, 2014 · 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 …

  6. single word requests - What do you call the covered area of the …

    Dec 24, 2023 · 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) …

  7. What does 'gotcha' mean? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Jun 17, 2011 · Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely "[I have] got you".

  8. Difference between "under", "underneath", "below" and "beneath"

    Sep 7, 2018 · "My house lay below theirs on a beautiful, flower-covered hillside". In a vertical-type plane, below means located at a lower level on that same plane. Here, we would not say …

  9. Common phrases for something that appears good but is actually …

    Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their …

  10. prepositions - Does "until [date]" mean "before that date"?

    Aug 16, 2011 · So, I interpreted the line "You are covered for days until Monday January 13" initially, I thought that I was covered up to the 12th and had to come to work on the 13th. Then, …

Refresh