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covering one's feet

covering one's feet is the present participle and gerund of cover one's feet.

Meaning of cover one's feet

Verb

cover one's feet (third-person singular simple present covers one's feet, present participle covering one's feet, simple past and past participle covered one's feet)

  1. (euphemistic) To lower one’s garment, especially to urinate or defecate.
    • When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber. (Judges 3:24)

Questions about covering one's feet

What is covering one's feet the present participle and gerund of?
Covering one's feet is the present participle and gerund of cover one's feet.

Words near covering one's feet in the dictionary

  1. covering letters
  2. covering number
  3. covering numbers
  4. covering one's back
  5. covering one's bases
  6. covering one's feet
  7. covering one's tracks
  8. covering oneself in glory
  9. covering shorts
  10. covering sickness
  11. covering someone's ass

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