different between covering vs unclothe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?v????/

Etymology 1

Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) +? -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).

Verb

covering

1. present participle of cover

Etymology 2

From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) +? -ing.

Noun

covering (countable and uncountable, plural coverings)

1. (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
2. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.

Derived terms

• face covering
• head covering

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English unclothen, equivalent to un- +? clothe.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ð

Verb

unclothe (third-person singular simple present unclothes, present participle unclothing, simple past and past participle unclothed)

1. (transitive) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
   • , 2 Corinthians, chapter 5

     For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Translations

References

• unclothe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.