Idioms for cover
Origin of cover
SYNONYMS FOR cover
synonym study for cover
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Cover,
protection,
screen,
shelter mean a defense against harm or danger and a provision for safety. The main idea in
cover is that of concealment, as in darkness, in a wood, or behind something:
The ground troops were left without cover when the air force was withdrawn.
Screen refers especially to something behind which one can hide:
A well-aimed artillary fire formed a screen for ground operations.
Protection and
shelter emphasize the idea of a guard or defense, a shield against injury or death. A
protection is any such shield:
In World War II, an air cover of airplanes served as a protection for troops. A
shelter is something that covers over and acts as a place of refuge:
An abandoned monastery acted as a shelter.
OTHER WORDS FROM cover
Words nearby cover
British Dictionary definitions for take cover
cover
/ (ˈkʌvə) /
verb (mainly tr)
noun
See also
cover-up
Derived forms of cover
coverable, adjective coverer, noun coverless, adjectiveWord Origin for cover
C13: from Old French
covrir, from Latin
cooperīre to cover completely, from
operīre to cover over
Idioms and Phrases with take cover (1 of 2)
take cover
Seek protection, find a hiding place, as in It started to pour so we took cover under the trees, or He wanted to avoid the reporters so we said he could take cover in our summer cottage. This term uses cover in the sense of “shelter” or “concealment,” a usage dating from the 1400s.
Idioms and Phrases with take cover (2 of 2)
cover