Word: cover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvɚ/, /ˈkʌvə/, /ˈkʊvə/, /ˈkʌvəɹ/, /ˈkʊvəɹ/ 1. A lid. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view. Labels: uncountable Example: The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building. 3. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The top sheet of a bed. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A bag or packet. Labels: India, countable, uncountable 7. A cover charge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's a $15 cover tonight. 8. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We need to set another cover for the Smith party. Example: When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. 9. A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The captain signalled his best fielder from short leg to cover. 11. A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The covers were put on just before lunch. 12. The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was brought in as cover for wicketkeeper. 14. A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers. 15. An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire. Labels: countable, uncountable 17. In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for. Labels: countable, uncountable 18. An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract. Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story. Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A swindler's confederate. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 21. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above. Labels: countable, uncountable 22. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve. Labels: countable, uncountable 23. The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete. Labels: countable, uncountable