cover
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
board-games
broadcasting
business
chess
combinatorics
construction
cricket
entertainment
espionage
games
government
hobbies
insurance
law
law-enforcement
lifestyle
manufacturing
mathematics
media
military
music
philately
politics
sciences
sports
topology
war
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.
Inflected forms:
form: covers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: covers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: covering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: cover
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: cover
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: cover
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: coverest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: coveredst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: covers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: covereth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: cover
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: cover
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: cover
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: covering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: covered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: A lid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.
gloss: The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The top sheet of a bed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A bag or packet.
pos: noun
tags: India
countable
uncountable
gloss: A cover charge.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There's a $15 cover tonight.
gloss: A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
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.
gloss: A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The captain signalled his best fielder from short leg to cover.
gloss: A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The covers were put on just before lunch.
gloss: The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He was brought in as cover for wicketkeeper.
gloss: A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.
gloss: An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A swindler's confederate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He covered the baby with a blanket.
When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.
gloss: To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The blanket covered the baby.
A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
gloss: To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
gloss: To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
gloss: To put on one's hat.
pos: verb
tags: dated
intransitive
examples: All the while he held his hat in his hand; and even until he had given his answer, when he covered and bade us be.
gloss: To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.
the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland
gloss: To have under one’s scope or purview.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
gloss: To have under one’s scope or purview.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired.
gloss: To have under one’s scope or purview.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead.
He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.
gloss: To have under one’s scope or purview.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Does my policy cover accidental loss?
gloss: To be enough money for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
Ten dollars should cover lunch.
gloss: To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Dad, when I get to University, will I be covered?
gloss: To act as a replacement.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
gloss: To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I wish that popular afternoon show would let us cover some of their commercials – their national stuff can be so annoying.
gloss: To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'm surprised that the band covered this Beatles song so well.
gloss: To protect, to guard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Pent up in Utica he vainly forms
A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs,
And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs
A feeble Army, and an empty Senate,
Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.
gloss: To protect, to guard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To protect, to guard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.
gloss: To protect, to guard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To protect, to guard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.
The stallion has not covered the mare yet.
Among animals in a domesticated or confined state it is easy to find evidence of homosexual attraction, due merely to the absence of the other sex. This was known to the ancients; the Egyptians regarded two male partridges as the symbol of homosexuality, and Aristotle noted that two female pigeons would cover each other if no male was at hand.
gloss: To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: November 22 — Owing to bad weather all machines flew at a height of 5,000 feet and covered the 90 miles in just 90 minutes . November 23 — During fourth lap ...
It had covered better than 840 miles in just a few hours more than seven days.32 The apparently clumsily managed shuffle through the various railroad nets ...
gloss: To arrange plates, etc. on (a table) in preparation for a meal.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
dated
examples: […] he told plaintiff he would cover the table, and furnish it the same as the one he was sitting at, and that he should be waited upon and served the same as those on the other side of the room.
[…] the chef can send a runner to see why not and if the waiter has forgotten about the order, a runner can cover and serve.
Derived words: air cover
ambulance cover
back cover
bacover
bedcover
bed cover
bed-cover
blow someone's cover
break cover
chaircover
cloud cover
comprehensive cover
cover 0
cover art
cover artist
cover band
cover board
cover boy
cover charge
cover crop
coverdisc
coverdisk
cover drive
cover girl
cover-girl
coverglass
cover ground
coverless
cover letter
coverline
cover meter
covermount
cover name
cover note
cover page
cover point
cover price
cover sand
cover-shame
coversheet
cover shorts
coverside
cover slide
coverslip
cover slip
cover-slut
cover stock
cover story
coverstrip
covertape
cover-up
cover version
cover zero
deep cover
diaper cover
don't judge a book by its cover
dustcover
dust cover
edge cover
extra cover
first day cover
first-day cover
first flight cover
forecover
fourth cover
cover to cover
gill cover
ground cover
hardcover
headcover
head cover
hypercover
jackass cover
judge a book by its cover
landcover
mail cover
manhole cover
mattress cover
multicover
nappy cover
never judge a book by its cover
non-official cover
nursing cover
official cover
open cover
penis-cover
pickup cover
pram cover
precover
re-cover
rump cover
run for cover
second day cover
separate cover
shoecover
slipcover
slut-cover
snow cover
softcover
star-cover
stopper cover
straight cover
subcover
take cover
third cover
throw nickels around like manhole covers
toilet cover
tonneau cover
umbrella cover
umbrella-cover
under cover
undercover
under cover of darkness
under cover of night
under the covers
vertex cover
you can't judge a book by its cover
you can't tell a book by its cover
becover
coverability
coverable
coverage
coverall
cover all of one's bases
cover all of the bases
cover all the bases
covered bridge
covered call
covered way
coverer
cover-few
covering fire
covering letter
covering number
covering sickness
covering space
cover one's back
cover one's bases
cover oneself in glory
cover one's feet
cover one's tracks
cover someone's ass
cover someone's back
cover the bases
cover the buckle
cover the spot
cover the waterfront
cover up
cut and cover
cut-and-cover
discover
duck and cover
edge covering number
forcover
Lindelöf covering theorem
overcover
recover
re-covering
self-covered
snow-covered
uncover
well covered
well-covered
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: skuiling
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sığınaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sığıncaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: daldalanacaq
lang: Belarusian
word: укрыццё
roman: ukryccjó
lang: Bulgarian
word: укри́тие
roman: ukrítie
lang: Danish
word: gemmested
lang: Dutch
word: dekking
lang: Finnish
word: suoja
lang: Finnish
word: piilo
lang: German
word: Deckung
lang: German
word: Versteck
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σκέπη
roman: sképē
lang: Hebrew
word: כיסוי
lang: Hebrew
word: כִּסּוּי
roman: kisui
lang: Hungarian
word: rejtekhely
lang: Hungarian
word: fedezék
lang: Hungarian
word: védelem
lang: Hungarian
word: menedék
lang: Italian
word: copertura
lang: Italian
word: nascondiglio
lang: Latin
word: suffugium
lang: Lithuanian
word: paslėpti
lang: Persian
word: رو پوشانی
roman: ru pušâni
lang: Polish
word: przykrycie
lang: Polish
word: przykrywka
lang: Polish
word: ukrycie
lang: Portuguese
word: esconderijo
lang: Russian
word: укры́тие
roman: ukrýtije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: skrovište
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sklonište
lang: Slovene
word: kritje
lang: Spanish
word: escondrijo
lang: Spanish
word: guarida
lang: Swedish
word: gömma
lang: Swedish
word: gömställe
lang: Ukrainian
word: укриття́
roman: ukryttjá
lang: Arabic
word: غَطَّى
roman: ḡaṭṭā
lang: Armenian
word: ծածկել
roman: cackel
lang: Aromanian
word: acoapir
lang: Aromanian
word: coapir
lang: Asturian
word: anubrir
lang: Azerbaijani
word: örtmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bürümək
lang: Basque
word: estali
lang: Belarusian
word: пакрыва́ць
roman: pakryvácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: пакры́ць
roman: pakrýcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: прыкрыва́ць
roman: prykryvácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: прыкры́ць
roman: prykrýcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: укрыва́ць
roman: ukryvácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: ўкрыва́ць
roman: wkryvácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: укры́ць
roman: ukrýcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: ўкрыць
roman: wkrycʹ
lang: Bhojpuri
word: झांपल
roman: jhāmpal
lang: Bulgarian
word: скривам
roman: skrivam
lang: Bulgarian
word: покривам
roman: pokrivam
lang: Burmese
word: ကာ
roman: ka
lang: Catalan
word: cobrir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 覆蓋 /覆盖
roman: fùgài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 覆
roman: fù
lang: Czech
word: krýt
lang: Czech
word: přikrýt
lang: Dalmatian
word: coprer
lang: Danish
word: dække
lang: Dutch
word: dekken
lang: Dutch
word: bedekken
lang: Esperanto
word: kovri
lang: Extremaduran
word: cubril
lang: Finnish
word: piilottaa
lang: Finnish
word: peittää
lang: Finnish
word: suojata
lang: French
word: couvrir
lang: Friulian
word: cuvierzi
lang: Friulian
word: cuviergi
lang: Galician
word: abrigar
lang: Galician
word: cubrir
lang: Georgian
word: დაფარვა
roman: daparva
lang: German
word: decken
lang: German
word: abdecken
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: dishuljan
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καλύπτω
roman: kalúptō
lang: Hebrew
word: כיסה
roman: kisá
lang: Hungarian
word: fed
lang: Hungarian
word: lefed
lang: Hungarian
word: befed
lang: Hungarian
word: burkol
lang: Hungarian
word: beburkol
lang: Hungarian
word: takar
lang: Hungarian
word: betakar
lang: Icelandic
word: þekja
lang: Indonesian
word: menutup
lang: Indonesian
word: tutup
lang: Irish
word: cumhdaigh
lang: Italian
word: coprire
lang: Italian
word: nascondere
lang: Japanese
word: 覆う
roman: ōu
lang: Old Javanese
word: tutup
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: bafa
lang: Korean
word: 씌우다
roman: ssuiuda
lang: Korean
word: 덮다
roman: deopda
lang: Korean
word: 싸다
roman: ssada
lang: Central Kurdish
word: داپۆشھ
roman: dapoşh
lang: Latin
word: cooperiō
lang: Latin
word: occulō
lang: Latin
word: operiō
lang: Latin
word: tego
lang: Latvian
word: segt
lang: Lithuanian
word: dengti
lang: Lithuanian
word: gaubti
lang: Luxembourgish
word: couvréieren
lang: Macedonian
word: покрива
roman: pokriva
lang: Malay
word: menutup
lang: Māori
word: taupoki
lang: Māori
word: whakapūngenengene
lang: Māori
word: tūruru
lang: Māori
word: tāuhi
lang: Māori
word: poreku
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: kouver
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: cupires
lang: Mongolian
word: бүтээх
roman: büteex
lang: Nanai
word: бури-
roman: buri-
lang: Nepali
word: ढाक्नु
roman: ḍhāknu
lang: Ngombe (Congo)
word: kunda
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: dekke
lang: Occitan
word: cobrir
lang: Old English
word: þeċċan
lang: Old English
word: wrēon
lang: Ossetian
word: бамбӕрзын
roman: bambærzyn
lang: Polish
word: zakrywać
lang: Polish
word: zakryć
lang: Polish
word: przykrywać
lang: Polish
word: przykryć
lang: Polish
word: okrywać
lang: Polish
word: okryć
lang: Polish
word: skrywać
lang: Polish
word: zasłaniać
lang: Polish
word: zasłonić
lang: Polish
word: osłaniać
lang: Polish
word: osłonić
lang: Portuguese
word: acobertar
lang: Portuguese
word: esconder
lang: Portuguese
word: ocultar
lang: Portuguese
word: cobrir
lang: Quechua
word: qatay
lang: Romanian
word: acoperi
lang: Russian
word: закрыва́ть
roman: zakryvátʹ
lang: Russian
word: закры́ть
roman: zakrýtʹ
lang: Russian
word: накрыва́ть
roman: nakryvátʹ
lang: Russian
word: накры́ть
roman: nakrýtʹ
lang: Russian
word: покрыва́ть
roman: pokryvátʹ
lang: Russian
word: покры́ть
roman: pokrýtʹ
lang: Russian
word: прикрыва́ть
roman: prikryvátʹ
lang: Russian
word: прикры́ть
roman: prikrýtʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: स्कुनाति
roman: skunāti
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: còmhdaich
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: покривати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: покрити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pokrivati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pokriti
lang: Sherpa
word: འགེབ
roman: 'geb
lang: Sikkimese
word: བཀབ
roman: bkab
lang: Slovak
word: kryť
lang: Slovak
word: prikrývať
lang: Slovak
word: prikryť
lang: Slovene
word: pokriti
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: kšyś
lang: Spanish
word: esconder
lang: Spanish
word: ocultar
lang: Spanish
word: abrigar
lang: Spanish
word: cubrir
lang: Spanish
word: acobijar
lang: Spanish
word: cobijar
lang: Spanish
word: tapar
lang: Swahili
word: -funika
lang: Swedish
word: täcka
lang: Swedish
word: skydda
lang: Tagalog
word: takpan
lang: Telugu
word: మూయు
roman: mūyu
lang: Thai
word: ปก
roman: bpòk
lang: Thai
word: กรูม
roman: gruum
lang: Thai
word: กำบัง
roman: gam-bang
lang: Tibetan
word: འགེབས
roman: 'gebs
lang: Tocharian B
word: wāl-
lang: Tok Pisin
word: karamapim
lang: Turkish
word: örtmek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اورتمك
roman: örtmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: покрива́ти
roman: pokryváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: покри́ти
roman: pokrýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: прикрива́ти
roman: prykryváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: прикри́ти
roman: prykrýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: укрива́ти
roman: ukryváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: вкрива́ти
roman: vkryváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: укрит́и
roman: ukryt́y
lang: Ukrainian
word: вкри́ти
roman: vkrýty
lang: Venetan
word: cuèrzar
lang: Vietnamese
word: che
lang: Azerbaijani
word: himayə etmək
lang: Bulgarian
word: прикривам
roman: prikrivam
lang: Danish
word: sikre
lang: Danish
word: støtte
lang: German
word: Deckung geben
lang: Hebrew
word: חיפה
roman: khipá
lang: Hungarian
word: fedez
lang: Polish
word: kryć
lang: Slovene
word: kriti
lang: Spanish
word: proteger
lang: Spanish
word: apuntar
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sürmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: basmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: mayalandırmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dölləndirmək
lang: Bulgarian
word: възкачвам
roman: vǎzkačvam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 交尾
roman: jiāowěi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 交配
roman: jiāopèi
lang: Danish
word: bedække
lang: Dutch
word: paren
lang: Dutch
word: bestijgen
lang: Dutch
word: bespringen
lang: Finnish
word: astua
lang: Galician
word: montar
lang: German
word: bespringen
lang: German
word: besteigen
lang: Hungarian
word: meghág
lang: Ingrian
word: hässiä
lang: Italian
word: montare
lang: Italian
word: accoppiare
lang: Korean
word: 교미하다
roman: gyomihada
lang: Māori
word: whakaekeeke
lang: Swedish
word: betäcka