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covered ground

covered ground is the simple past and past participle of cover ground.

Meaning of cover ground

Verb

cover ground (third-person singular simple present covers ground, present participle covering ground, simple past and past participle covered ground)

  1. 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
  2. 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.

Questions about covered ground

What is covered ground the simple past and past participle of?
Covered ground is the simple past and past participle of cover ground.

Words near covered ground in the dictionary

  1. covered court
  2. covered dish supper
  3. covered dish suppers
  4. covered goods wagon
  5. covered goods wagons
  6. covered ground
  7. covered one's back
  8. covered one's bases
  9. covered one's feet
  10. covered one's tracks
  11. covered oneself in glory

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