cover
verb (used with object)
- to act as a reporter or reviewer of (an event, a field of interest, a performance, etc.); have as an assignment: She covers sports for the paper.
- to publish or broadcast a report or reports of (a news item, a series of related events, etc.): The press covered the trial in great detail.
- to be in line with by occupying a position directly before or behind.
- to protect (a soldier, force, or military position) during an expected period of ground combat by taking a position from which any hostile troops can be fired upon.
verb (used without object)
noun
- an envelope or outer wrapping for mail.
- a letter folded so that the address may be placed on the outside and the missive mailed.
Verb Phrases
- to cover completely; enfold.
- to keep secret; conceal: She tried to cover up her part in the plot.
Idioms for cover
- clandestinely; secretly: Arrangements for the escape were made under cover.
- within an envelope: The report will be mailed to you under separate cover.
Origin of cover
SYNONYMS FOR cover
synonym study for cover
OTHER WORDS FROM cover
Words nearby cover
Example sentences from the Web for cover
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Until concern trolls like Sarah Ditum came along trying to cover it up again.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism |Arthur Chu |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEASTEven in the parts of the movement he does cover, some people and efforts are missing.
Cover with plastic wrap and allow the dates to soften, about 15 minutes.
Cover crust with parchment paper and pour in baking beans or weights.
At an expense for material, I should think, of $7,400 in all to cover the enterprise.
The Crime of the Century |Henry M. HuntOn the model's face was her faint, impersonal professional smile that seemed to cover something like weariness or contempt.
The Trimmed Lamp |O. HenryCover with one cup of sugar and then let stand for one-half hour.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book |Mary A. WilsonMy only fear is that the coral may grow over and cover it up before I am free to get out there.
Stories of the Ships |Lewis R. FreemanCover it, and leave for forty-eight hours; then decant into bottles, being careful to leave all sediment behind.
What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes |Dorothy Canfield Fisher
British Dictionary definitions for cover
verb (mainly tr)
- to insure against loss, risk, etc
- to provide for (loss, risk, etc) by insurance
noun
- a blanket used on a bed for warmth
- another word for bedspread
- an entire envelope that has been postmarked
- on cover (of a postage stamp) kept in this form by collectors
- (often plural) the area more or less at right angles to the pitch on the off side and usually about halfway to the boundaryto field in the covers
- (as modifier)a cover drive by a batsman
- Also called: cover point a fielder in such a position
Derived forms of cover
coverable, adjective coverer, noun coverless, adjectiveWord Origin for cover
Idioms and Phrases with cover
In addition to the idioms beginning with cover
- cover for
- cover girl
- cover ground
- cover one's ass
- cover one's tracks
- cover story
- cover the field
- cover up
also see:
- blow one's cover
- break cover
- judge a book by its cover
- (cover a) multitude of sins
- take cover
- under cover