cover ground
cover ground verb: to move across an area; to traverse a certain distance.
Verb
cover ground (third-person singular simple present covers ground, present participle covering ground, simple past and past participle covered ground)
- To move across an area; to traverse a certain distance.
- A few times there we even followed you, but you weren’t going anywhere, just wandering, just covering ground.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4
- To do a certain amount of work; to make progress towards an end.
- I'll cover some more ground with the essay after my vacation.
cover ground meaning in Tamil
cover ground in Tamil
- தரைப் பயிர்
Forms of cover ground
| third-person singular present | covers ground |
|---|---|
| present participle | covering ground |
| past participle | covered ground |
| past | covered ground |
| alternative form | cover the ground |
Questions about cover ground
- What does cover ground mean?
- Cover ground means to move across an area; to traverse a certain distance.
- What is cover ground in Tamil?
- Cover ground in Tamil is தரைப் பயிர். See Cover ground meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cover ground?
- Cover ground is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cover ground?
- The past tense of cover ground is covered ground.
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