Cover
['kʌvə] or ['kʌvɚ]
Definition
(noun.) fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations; 'artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal'.
(noun.) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; 'the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft'.
(noun.) a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent); 'her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment'.
(noun.) a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else; 'they made a cover of a Beatles' song'.
(verb.) protect by insurance; 'The insurance won't cover this'.
(verb.) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; 'This book deals with incest'; 'The course covered all of Western Civilization'; 'The new book treats the history of China'.
(verb.) hold within range of an aimed firearm.
(verb.) protect or defend (a position in a game); 'he covered left field'.
(verb.) play a higher card than the one previously played; 'Smith covered again'.
(verb.) form a cover over; 'The grass covered the grave'.
(verb.) provide with a covering or cause to be covered; 'cover her face with a handkerchief'; 'cover the child with a blanket'; 'cover the grave with flowers'.
(verb.) be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of; 'Is this enough to cover the check?'.
(verb.) to take an action to protect against future problems; 'Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself'.
(verb.) invest with a large or excessive amount of something; 'She covered herself with glory'.
(verb.) provide for; 'The grant doesn't cover my salary'.
(verb.) span an interval of distance, space or time; 'The war extended over five years'; 'The period covered the turn of the century'; 'My land extends over the hills on the horizon'; 'This farm covers some 200 acres'; 'The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles'.
(verb.) help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities; 'She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week'.
(verb.) maintain a check on; especially by patrolling; 'The second officer covered the top floor'.
(verb.) be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game.
(verb.) spread over a surface to conceal or protect; 'This paint covers well'.
(verb.) clothe, as if for protection from the elements; 'cover your head!'.
(verb.) hide from view or knowledge; 'The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House'.
(verb.) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; 'he is compensating for being a bad father'.
Editor: Warren--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
(v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
(v. t.) To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
(v. t.) To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.
(v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
(v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
(v. t.) To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
(v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.
(v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on.
(v. t.) To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.
(n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.
(n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
(n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.
(n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.
(n.) The lap of a slide valve.
(n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.
(v. i.) To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.
Checked by Letitia
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Overspread.[2]. Conceal, hide, secrete, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, mask, disguise.[3]. Shield, shelter, protect, guard, defend.[4]. Clothe, invest, envelop, inwrap, wrap up.[5]. Put a covering on.[6]. Comprehend, embrace, include, comprise, contain, embody.[7]. Counterbalance, countervail, balance, compensate, make up for, be equal to.
n. [1]. Covering, tegument, integument, capsule, case.[2]. Screen, veil, disguise, cloak.[3]. Shelter, protection, guard, defence, shield, safeguard.[4]. Plate, dish.
Typist: Ollie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hide, conceal, cloak, screen, secrete, protect, meet, secure, overspread,clothe, shield, shelter, cover
ANT:Expose, reveal, betray, exhibit, produce, mis-suffice
Checker: Lola
Definition
v.t. to hide: to clothe: to extend over: to brood or sit on: to be sufficient for: to protect: to table a coin of equal value in wagering: to copulate with—esp. of a stallion: to screen: to aim directly at.—v.i. to spread over so as to conceal something: to lay a table for a meal: to put one's hat on.—n. that which protects: undergrowth thicket concealing game &c.: the table requisites for one person—plate knife fork napkin &c.: deceitfulness: a swindler's confederate.—adj. Cov′ered intended or used for shelter or concealment: roofed over: with the hat on.—ns. Cover′ed-way; Cov′ert-way (fort.) a path about thirty feet wide outside the ditch of a fort and so far sunk below the crest of the glacis as to afford cover or shelter to the soldiers; Cover′ing anything that covers.—adj. Cov′ert covered: concealed: secret.—n. a place that covers or affords protection.—ns. Cov′ert-coat a short light overcoat; Cov′ert-coat′ing cloth for such.—adv. Cov′ertly in a covered or concealed manner.—n. Cov′erture covering shelter: (law) the condition of a married woman as legally under the protection of her husband.—Cover into to transfer into; Cover shorts to buy in such stocks as have been sold short in order to meet one's engagements &c.; Cover the buckle to execute a difficult step in dancing.
Edited by Ivan
Examples
- You saw nothing, Caroline; I can cover my feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He forced back the gathering shadows of death, as he forced his clenched right hand to remain clenched, and to cover his wound. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have already told the reader, that every night, when the family were gone to bed, it was my custom to strip, and cover myself with my clothes. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Herbert had been writing with his pencil in the cover of a book. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I hastily broke open the plain wafer seal, and found a two hundred pound bank-note, merely enclosed in a blank cover. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then he said, Thou wilt cover us well with the _m醧uina_ and with thy small _m醧uina_ when we come back, eh, _Ingl閟? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was a cover for his book-table that I happened to be ornamenting. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The battle-field was so densely covered with forest that but little could be seen, by any one person, as to the progress made. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He covered with his hand the upper part of his face, but did not conceal his mouth, where I saw hovering an expression I liked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He experimented with bundles of iron wires variously insulated, also with sheet-iron rolled cylindrically and covered with iron wire wound concentrically. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was spacious, and I dare say had once been handsome, but every discernible thing in it was covered with dust and mould, and dropping to pieces. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If there is a slab roof the air must blow freely between this roof and the top covering. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When cocoanuts are picked, however, they have still another covering-an outer rind which has a smooth surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Apply to burn, covering with linen or lint. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The floor may be slabs, and the roof a covering of brush to hold the packing to its place, if a slab roof is not readily made. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Far back in the obscuring gloom of a prehistoric antiquity, man wore probably only the hirsute covering which nature gave him. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Love covers a multitude of sins, and of whom could you ask more freely than of him? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The whole covers a crimson velvet cap with an ermine border. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The weeping girl covers her hand with kisses and says what shall she do, what shall she do, when they are separated! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The flag drops and covers the eyes of the animal so that he is at a loss what to do; it is jerked from him and the torment is renewed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The completed rail is then covered with a finishing strip, known as the blind rail, which covers the unsightly bolt heads and adds to the artistic effect of the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Many magazines print two colors for covers and inside pages, instead of full four-color printings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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