cover
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
cover
- A lid.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
- A cover charge.
- There's a $15 cover tonight.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner#Noun|dinner.
- We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
- The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (legal) 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.
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- (dated) A swindler's confederate.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- French: couvercle
- German: Deckel, Abdeckung
- Italian: coperto, coperchio
- Portuguese: tampa
- Russian: кры́шка
- Spanish: tapa, cubierta
- German: Deckung, Versteck
- Italian: copertura, nascondiglio
- Portuguese: esconderijo
- Russian: укры́тие
- Spanish: escondrijo, guarida
- French: couverture
- German: (book) Einband, (magazine) Umschlag, Cover
- Italian: copertina
- Portuguese: capa
- Russian: обло́жка
- Spanish: tapa, cubierta, portada
- French: couverture
- German: Decke
- Italian: coperta, lenzuolo piano, copriletto
- Portuguese: cobertor, coberta
- Russian: покрыва́ло
- Spanish: sábana, cobertor, colcha
- Italian: coperto, copertura finanziaria, finanziamento
- Portuguese: taxa inclusa
- Russian: входная плата
- German: Überdeckung
- Portuguese: cobertura
- Italian: busta primo giorno di emissione
- German: Deckung
- Italian: copertura, difesa, barriera, sbarramento, protezione
- Russian: укры́тие
- Italian: copertura assicurativa, polizza, garanzia, assicurazione, copertura
- Italian: mascheramento, sotto copertura
- Russian: леге́нда
cover (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
- (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
- Spanish: cubierta
cover (covers, present participle covering; past and past participle covered)
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- He covered the baby with a blanket.
- When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- The blanket covered the baby.
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546 ↗; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860 ↗, page 0016 ↗:
- 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.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
- (intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.
- the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland
- (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
- To deal with or include someone or something.
- 2010 (publication date), "Contributors", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 7:
- Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired.
- 2010 (publication date), "Contributors", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 7:
- To be enough money for.
- We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
- Ten dollars should cover lunch.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- 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.
- (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- To provide insurance coverage for.
- Does my policy cover accidental loss?
- To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.
- The stallion has not covered the mare yet.
- Synonyms: impregnate
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.
- To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (sports) To defend a particular player or area.
- French: couvrir
- German: decken, abdecken
- Italian: coprire, nascondere
- Portuguese: acobertar, esconder, ocultar, cobrir
- Russian: закрыва́ть
- Spanish: esconder, ocultar, abrigar, cubrir
- Portuguese: cobrir
- French: couvrir
- German: decken, Deckung geben
- Italian: coprire
- Portuguese: cobrir
- Russian: прикрыва́ть
- Spanish: proteger, apuntar
- German: decken, bespringen, besteigen
- Italian: coprire, montare, accoppiare
- Spanish: cubrir
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