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The ground troops were left without cover when the air force was withdrawn.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
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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, adjectiveWord 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
cover