cover
noun
- A lid.
- 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.
"We need to set another cover for the Smith party."
- A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- 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."
- An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- 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.
- An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
- A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- 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.
- The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
verb
- To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
"He covered the baby with a blanket."
- To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
"The blanket covered the baby."
- To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
"Regular hexagons can cover the plane."
- To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
"You can cover the plane with regular hexagons."
- To put on one's hat.
- To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
"The heroic soldier covered himself with glory."
- (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.
- To be enough money for.
"Ten dollars should cover lunch."
- To act as a replacement.
"I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?"
- To have as an assignment or responsibility.
"Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead."
- To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (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."
- 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.
- To defend a particular player or area.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
- Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
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