- present participle of coat.
noun
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a layer or film spread over a surface for protection or decoration
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a heavy fabric suitable for coats
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dialect a severe rebuke; ticking-off
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Origin of coating
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He acknowledged that he wasn’t happy with the contractors who had rushed to finish coating the pool in time for celebrations tied to July 4 and the country’s 250th birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
She explained that the mural had an anti-graffiti coating, “it just didn’t work as well as I hoped.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The sugar used in the coating was mannose, which is closely related to glucose, the body's main energy source.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Party wings are another reliable crowd-pleaser: Farmer Focus wings come pre-split, grill quickly and only need a coating of Tabañero BBQ sauce near the end so it can caramelize and get sticky.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ifemelu had finished and Aunty Uju was coating an exfoliating mask on her face when The General called to say he could no longer come.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Most indium goes into coatings for flat-panel displays, a mature market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The figure was boosted by a one-off gain from finalising the sale of its coatings division to US investment firm Carlye.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Because the mirror image versions of the same molecule interact differently with the coatings, they move through the tubes at different speeds, allowing the instrument to separate them.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
These include antitheft devices, paint protection coatings, etching the vehicle’s identification number into the windows or other parts and accessories such as door-edge guards and floor mats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Huge gears lay exposed under the floor, wicked teeth intertwined, gleaming with oily coatings.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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