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cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cover song, cover version |
| Type of | recording |
they made a cover of a Beatles' song.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spread over |
| Type of | touch, adjoin, meet, contact |
| Has types | carpet, grass, flood, coat, bloody, blanket, mantle, mist, mist over, overwhelm, robe, shroud, drown, smother, drape, strew, submerge, grass over, glaciate, cake, cloak, clothe |
| Derivation | covering |
The grass covered the grave.
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cover charge |
| Type of | fixed cost, fixed costs, fixed charge |
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | covering, masking, screening |
| Type of | concealing, hiding, concealment |
the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
| Type of | pass |
| Has types | bridge, stride, ford, take, crisscross, tramp, hop, jaywalk, course, walk, drive |
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day.
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | concealment, covert, screen |
| Type of | covering |
| Has types | shoji, camouflage, stalking-horse, blind |
under cover of darkness.
the brush provided a covert for game.
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comprehend, embrace, encompass |
| Type of | include |
| Verb group | handle, address, deal, plow, treat |
this should cover everyone in the group.
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | covering fire |
| Type of | fire, firing |
artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal.
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | covering, natural covering |
| Type of | natural object |
| Has types | encrustation, blanket, body covering, cap, case, chlamys, crust, eggshell, envelope, floral envelope, hood, incrustation, indument, indumentum, indusium, integument, mantle, perianth, pericarp, peridium, perigone, perigonium, roof, sac, scale, seed vessel, sheath, shell, skim, slough, snowcap, test, theca, vesture, bark |
under a covering of dust.
the fox was flushed from its cover.
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | back, binding, book binding |
| Type of | protective cover, protective covering, protection |
| Has types | three-quarter binding, half binding |
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | compensate, overcompensate |
| Type of | make up, counterbalance, compensate, even up, even out, even off, correct |
| Verb group | underwrite, insure |
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blanket |
| Type of | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding |
| Has types | afghan, manta, mackinaw blanket, mackinaw, security blanket, electric blanket |
| Derivation | coverlet |
he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cover up |
| Type of | conceal, hide |
| Has types | gloss over, hush up, sleek over, whitewash |
| Derivation | covering |
The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House.
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | address, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| Type of | initiate, broach |
| Has types | talk about, theologise, theologize, discourse, discuss |
| Verb group | comprehend, treat, encompass, embrace, do by, handle |
| Derivation | coverage |
The course covered all of Western Civilization.
cover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hiding, concealment, concealing |
her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment.
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | protect |
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | step in, deputise, deputize, substitute |
She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | protect |
| Verb group | continue, extend |
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | protect |
| Has types | double-team |
he covered left field.
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | smear, cowl, crape, crepe, crown, daub, drape, dust, enclose, concrete, enfold, envelop, enwrap, face, feather, felt, coif, flake, flash, coat, foil, frost, cloak, clapboard, carpet, grass, canvas, gravel, grease, canopy, butter, brush, hold, hood, bread, ice, board up, block out, blinker, blindfold, line, blanket, mask, blacklead, bind, besmear, beplaster, mound over, mulch, oil, bedaub, paint, pall, paper, parcel, paste, plank, plank over, plaster, plaster over, wrap, bark, bank, put on, recover, roof, sheathe, sheet, apply, aluminize, smother, aluminise, sod, spray, spread, spritz, steel, stick on, straw, surface, surround, tile, wrap up, turf, veneer, wallpaper, wash, wax, white out, whiteout, jacket, lag, laminate, lime |
| Verb group | overlay, spread over |
| Derivation | covering |
cover her face with a handkerchief.
cover the child with a blanket.
cover the grave with flowers.
cover::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | protect |
| Verb group | insure, underwrite |
Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself.
Examples of cover
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Prosecutors also accused Italiano and McCabe of trying to cover up the shooting.
From the dailyherald.com
Remove from the oven, turn the roast over, cover the pan and return to the oven.
From the stltoday.com
Sanders was considered one of the best-ever cover cornerbacks in league history.
From the thenewstribune.com
Fox News Channel is tossing its regular schedule tonight to cover the shootings.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Some plans will not cover hip problems in golden retrievers or German shepherds.
From the denverpost.com
Sometimes the youngster will cover up and deny that there's anything the matter.
From the abcnews.go.com
He said the total loss of coral cover could range from 50 percent to 80 percent.
From the kansas.com
Cover rimmed baking sheet with foil and spray foil with non-stick cooking spray.
From the kentucky.com
Cover and cook on low for four to seven hours, or on high for two to four hours.
From the timesunion.com
- 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"
- Screen: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
- Blanket: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
- The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
- 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"
- Binding: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
- Cover is a solo album by Tom Verlaine released in 1984.
- In abstract algebra, a cover is one instance of some mathematical structure mapping onto another instance, such as a group (trivially) covering a subgroup. This should not be confused with the concept of a cover in topology.
- A lid, also known as a cap, is part of a container, and serves as the cover or seal, usually one that completely closes the object.
