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Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.
Jean Racine

Meaning of "half-covered" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-COVERED

half-covered play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-COVERED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Covered is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HALF-COVERED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half-covered in the English dictionary

The definition of half-covered in the dictionary is partially covered or concealed.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-COVERED

half-caste
half-centuries
half-century
half-circle
half-clad
half-closed
half-cock
half-cocked
half-completed
half-concealed
half-conscious
half-convinced
half-cooked
half-crazy
half-crown
half-cup bra
half-cut
half-day
half-dazed
half-dead

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-COVERED

considered
covered
fevered
half-silvered
hand-delivered
lily-livered
louvered
lovered
recovered
revered
rivered
snow-covered
tree-covered
unbeavered
uncovered
undelivered
undiscovered
unrecovered
unsevered
well-covered
white-livered

Synonyms and antonyms of half-covered in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-covered» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-COVERED

Find out the translation of half-covered to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-covered from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-covered» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半覆盖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio cubierto
570 millions of speakers

English

half-covered
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधे से ढके
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المغطاة نصف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наполовину покрыты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coberta de metade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ-আবৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

semi-couverte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah dilindungi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halb bedeckt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半覆われた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 덮여
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah ditutupi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa bao phủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை மூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धवट झाकलेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım kaplı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

semicoperta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w połowie pokryte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наполовину покриті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- jumătate acoperit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλύπτεται κατά το ήμισυ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- bedek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvtäckt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv -dekket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-covered

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-COVERED»

The term «half-covered» is regularly used and occupies the 104.736 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-COVERED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-covered

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QUOTES WITH «HALF-COVERED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word half-covered.
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Jean Racine
Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-COVERED»

Discover the use of half-covered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-covered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hearts On Fire - 101 Topics illustrated with Stories, ...
Then the botanist suggested a practical solution that seemed absolutely right. He said, "cut the plant when half the pond is covered with lotus. Keep it always only half covered so that you will enjoy the flowers and your catfishes will be out of ...
Joji Valli, 2003
2
Glacial Processes and Morphologies in the Southern ...
Determining the Bed Topography for Craters More Than Half Covered With Ice In determining the bed topographies for our model reconstructions, we encountered two different scenarios: crater floors that were less than half covered by ice and ...
Maria Elaine Banks, 2009
3
Traffic and Transportation Studies 2010
The larger decrease of 33%-39% of skid numbers was found in half-covered situation. Skid numbers had the largest reduction of 39%-49% in all-covered situation. The effects of grit on skid resistance of wet road samples were shown in Figure ...
Baohua Mao, Zongzhong Tian, Haijun Huang, 2010
4
Investing In Nanotechnology: Think Small. Win Big
This line of thinking is best exposed with a short quiz. Consider a pond. If a pond lily doubles every day and it takes thirty days to completely cover a pond, on what day will the pond be one-quarter covered? On what day will it be half covered?
Jack Uldrich, 2006
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Early Mathematical Explorations
Include those squares that are at least half-covered in the count. Do not count those squares that are less than half-covered. Activity: Ask a friend to lie down on the squared paper. Draw around him. Count the squares to find the area of his ...
Nicola Yelland, Deborah Butler, Carmel Diezmann, 2014
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Cambridge Primary Mathematics Stage 4 Teacher's Resource ...
Help them to agree what to do with part and half-squares, such as count all squares that are more than half covered as whole squares, do not count those that are less than half-covered, and pair up half-covered squares to make whole  ...
Emma Low, Mary Wood, 2014
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Life on the Brink: Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation
evitably cover the pond in a given number of days—say thirty-seven, in this example—it is interesting to ask, when will the pond be half-covered? Half- covered doesn't sound like much; think about a concert auditorium with half its seats empty.
Philip Cafaro, Eileen Crist, 2012
8
Geometric Synopses for Multi-dimensional Data Streams
... the data stream: either 10% of the literal boxes are fully covered by heavy stick boxes (and 90% are half covered), or 90% of the literal boxes are fully covered ( and 10% are half covered). In the first case, the discounted frequency of B is g(B)  ...
Nisheeth Shrivastava, 2006
9
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Manager's Guide to ...
We know that the pond was fully covered by the end of day 50; by the end of day 49 it was half covered; by the end of day 48 the pond was half of a half—that is, one quarter—covered; by the end of day 47, the fraction covered was 1⁄2 × 1⁄2 ...
Dennis Sherwood, 2011
10
An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and ...
The front of the pigsties to have oak sills with fir puncheons, 4 inches by 2 inches and a half, covered with weather-boarding. The division of the sties and of the back partition to be of oak posts, 5 inches by 5 inches, with arris rails, and filled in  ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-COVERED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-covered is used in the context of the following news items.
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Birthday pensioner stuck in drain for 14 hours
He was just centimeters away from drowning, with his face half-covered by the boggy mess that was clogging up the drain, the newspaper said. «The Local.it, Jul 15»
2
Beer with a Painter, LA Edition: Lecia Dole-Recio
In a small back room were boxes of these elements: stencils and geometric paper shapes, half-covered in marks, lines, and drips. Lecia-Dole ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
3
Tropical storm causes floods, knocks out power in northern …
“A few houses are half-covered (with water), a few are completely covered”, he told reporters. Castro said all power and communications were ... «iFreePress.com, Jul 15»
4
Tropical storm Linfa brings floods to northern Philippines
Some houses are half-covered (with water), some are completely covered," he told reporters. He said there were still no reports of casualties ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
5
Does the future of Arena Manawatu involve a cover?
Palmerston North patrons have a ready excuse with their half-covered venue. All right, the Dunedin Stadium costs almost sent their city council ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
6
Luminato's garden plants to be sold for $1 each Sunday
Topped by more birch trees, this object was then half-covered in — yikes — Astroturf, in lurid purple. A sulphur-yellow mat of live, thriving ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»
7
Old town breathes with antiquity
The houses are half-covered, with many roofs built as single slopes. Windows facing the street were not opened, perhaps as a defense against ... «ecns, Jun 15»
8
Salman Khan appeal on hold until July 1
He later tweeted a picture of his face half-covered in bandages, with a message saying he was “doing OK”. Clifford was back on stage at ... «The National, Jun 15»
9
Michelle Obama heads to Europe with daughters, mother
Clifford later tweeted a picture of his face half-covered in bandages with a message saying he was “doing OK.” Clifford returned to the stage in ... «The Spokesman Review, Jun 15»
10
(Fashion) Embellished and vibrant
Her face is half-covered by the Opera Girl logo, exuding a mysterious allure. The Opera Girl studded tee (Pictured) is decorated with striking 3D candy-like studs, ... «Hong Kong Standard, Jun 15»

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