Idioms for cover

Origin of cover

1200–50; Middle English coveren < Old French covrir < Latin cooperīre to cover completely, equivalent to co- co- + operīre to shut, close, cover ( op-, apparently for ob- ob- + -erīre; see aperient)

SYNONYMS FOR cover

11 counterbalance, compensate for.

synonym study for cover

37, 38. 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as in darkness, in a wood, or behind something: The ground troops were left without cover when the air force was withdrawn.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

Example sentences from the Web for well-covered

British Dictionary definitions for well-covered (1 of 2)

well-covered

adjective (well covered when postpositive)

satisfactorily or pleasantly provided with a covering
(of news, etc) having been given sufficient coverage child abuse is well covered

British Dictionary definitions for well-covered (2 of 2)

cover
/ (ˈkʌvə) /

verb (mainly tr)

noun

See also cover-up

Derived forms of cover

coverable, adjective coverer, noun coverless, adjective

Word Origin for cover

C13: from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperīre to cover completely, from operīre to cover over

Idioms and Phrases with well-covered

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