cover
IPA: kˈʌvɝ
noun
- A lid.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- 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.
- A cover charge.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- (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.
- (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (law) 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.
- A surname.
- The River Cover, a river in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Ure.
verb
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- To deal with or include someone or something.
- To be enough money for.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- (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.
- To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- (transitive, dated) To arrange plates, etc. on (a table) in preparation for a meal.
- (sports) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
- (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
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Examples of "cover" in Sentences
- The cover does not include the interlude.
- It is sufficiently capacious to have covered 5000 men.
- These include premium cover which extends to palliation.
- The cover includes a plurality of light penetrable portions.
- The cover further includes at least two light penetrable materials.
- The storage apparatus includes a tarpaulin cover and a circular metal wall.
- An insect trap of the baseboard type includes a base and a detachable cover.
- A cotton module is covered with a tarpaulin for protection from the elements.
- A perforated baffle covers the front of the speaker and protects it from damage.
- The covering protects the top surface of the ski against scratching during the use.