cover

cov•er

[[t]ˈkʌv ər[/t]] v. t.

1) to be or serve as a covering for; extend over:

Snow covered the fields[/ex]

2) to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment, or warmth

3) to provide with a covering:

Cover the pot with a lid[/ex]

4) to protect or conceal (the body, head, etc.) with clothes, a hat, etc; wrap

5) to bring upon (oneself):

He covered himself with honors at school[/ex]

6) to hide from view; screen

7) to spread on or over; put over the surface of:

to cover bread with honey[/ex]

8) to deal with or provide for; address:

The rules cover working conditions[/ex]

9) to suffice to defray or meet (a charge, expense, etc.):

Ten dollars should cover my expenses[/ex]

10) to offset (an outlay, loss, etc.)

11) to achieve in distance traversed; pass or travel over

12) jou

a) to act as a reporter or reviewer of (an event, performance, etc.)

b) to publish or broadcast news of

13) to pass or rise over and surmount or envelop:

The flooded river covered the town[/ex]

14) bus to insure against risk or loss

15) to shelter; protect; serve as a defense for

16) mil to protect (a soldier, position, etc.) during combat by taking a position from which hostile troops can be fired upon

17) to take temporary charge of or responsibility for in place of another

18) to extend over; comprise:

The book covers 18th-century England[/ex]

19) to be assigned to or responsible for, as a territory or field of endeavor

20) to aim at, as with a pistol

21) gam to play a card higher than (the one led or previously played in the round)

22) to deposit the equivalent of (money deposited), as in wagering

23) to accept the conditions of (a bet, wager, etc.)

24) bus (in short selling) to replace (borrowed securities)

25) spo

a) to defend (a base or an area of a field or court) in a sport

b) to guard (an opponent on offense)

26) mad hfi to perform or record a cover version of (a song)

27) to serve as a substitute for someone who is absent

28) to hide the wrongful or embarrassing action of another by providing an alibi or acting in the other's place

29) gam to play a card higher than the one led or previously played in the round

30) phv cover up

a) to cover completely; enfold

b) to keep secret; conceal

31) something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book

32) cvb a blanket, quilt, or the like

33) protection; shelter; concealment

34) anything that veils, screens, or shuts from sight:

under cover of darkness[/ex]

35) woods, underbrush, etc., serving to shelter and conceal wild animals or game; a covert

36) cvb an assumed identity, occupation, or business that masks the real one

37) a pretense; feigning

38) cover charge

39) pms mad

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- cover all bases cover one's ass take cover under cover

Etymology: 1200–50; ME < OF covrir < L cooperīre to cover completely =co- co-+operīre to shut, close, cover cov′er•a•ble, adj. cov′er•er, n. cov′er•less, adj.