Cover Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields. | | 2. | to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment, or warmth. | | 3. | to provide with a covering or top: Cover the pot with a lid. | | 4. | to protect or conceal (the body, head, etc.) with clothes, a hat, etc; wrap. | | 5. | to bring upon (oneself): He covered himself with glory by his exploits. | | 6. | to hide from view; screen. | | 7. | to spread on or over; apply to: to cover bread with honey. | | 8. | to put all over the surface of: to cover a wall with paint. | | 9. | to include, deal with, or provide for; address: The rules cover working conditions. | | 10. | to suffice to defray or meet (a charge, expense, etc.): Ten dollars should cover my expenses. | | 11. | to offset (an outlay, loss, liability, etc.). | | 12. | to achieve in distance traversed; pass or travel over: We covered 600 miles a day on our trip. | | 13. | Journalism. | a. | 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. | | b. | 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. | | | 14. | to pass or rise over and surmount or envelop: The river covered the town during the flood. | | 15. | Insurance
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. to insure against risk or loss. | | 16. | to shelter; protect; serve as a defense for. | | 17. | Military. | a. | to be in line with by occupying a position directly before or behind. | | b. | 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. | | | 18. | to take temporary charge of or responsibility for in place of another: Please cover my phone while I'm out to lunch. | | 19. | to extend over; comprise: The book covers 18th-century England. | | 20. | to be assigned to or responsible for, as a territory or field of endeavor: We have two sales representatives covering the Southwest. | | 21. | to aim at, as with a pistol. | | 22. | to have within range, as a fortress does adjacent territory. | | 23. | to play a card higher than (the one led or previously played in the round). | | 24. | to deposit the equivalent of (money deposited), as in wagering. | | 25. | to accept the conditions of (a bet, wager, etc.). | | 26. | (in short selling) to purchase securities or commodities in order to deliver them to the broker from whom they were borrowed. | | 27. | Baseball. to take a position close to or at (a base) so as to catch a ball thrown to the base: The shortstop covered second on the attempted steal. | | 28. | Sports. to guard (an opponent on offense) so as to prevent him or her from scoring or carrying out his or her assignment: to cover a potential pass receiver. | | 29. | (esp. of a male animal) to copulate with. | | 30. | (of a hen) to brood or sit on (eggs or chicks). | –verb (used without object) | 31. | Informal. to serve as a substitute for someone who is absent: We cover for the receptionist during lunch hour. | | 32. | to hide the wrongful or embarrassing action of another by providing an al
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ibi or acting in the other's place: They covered for him when he missed roll call. | | 33. | to play a card higher than the one led or previously played in the round: She led the eight and I covered with the jack. | | 34. | to spread over an area or surface, esp. for the purpose of obscuring an existing covering or of achieving a desired thickness and evenness: This paint is much too thin to cover. | –noun | 35. | something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book. | | 36. | a blanket, quilt, or the like: Put another cover on the bed. | | 37. | protection; shelter; concealment. | | 38. | anything that veils, screens, or shuts from sight: under cover of darkness. | | 39. | woods, underbrush, etc., serving to shelter and conceal wild animals or game; a covert. | | 40. | Ecology. vegetation that serves to protect or conceal animals, such as birds, from excessive sunlight, from drying, or from predators. | | 41. | a set of eating utensils and the like, as plate, knife, fork, and napkin, placed for each person at a table. | | 42. | an assumed identity, occupation, or business that masks the true or real one: His job at the embassy was a cover for his work as a spy. | | 43. | a covering of snow, esp. when suitable for skiing. | | 44. | a pretense; feigning. | | 45. | a person who substitutes for another or stands ready to substitute if needed: She was hired as a cover for six roles at the opera house. | | 47. | Philately. | a. | an envelope or outer wrapping for mail. | | b. | a letter folded so that the address may be placed on the outside and the missive mailed. | | | 48. | Finance. funds to cover liability or secure against risk of loss. | | 50. | Also called covering. Mathematics. a collection of sets having the property that a given set is contained in the union of the sets in the collection. | —Verb phrase | 51. | cover up, | a. | to cover completely; enfold. | | b. | to keep secret; conceal: She tried to cover up her part in the plot. | | —Idioms | 52. | blow one's cover, to divulge one's secret identity, esp. inadvertently: The TV news story blew his carefully fabricated cover. | | 53. | break cover, to emerge, esp. suddenly, from a place of concealment: The fox broke cover and the chase was on. | | 54. | cover one's ass, Slang: Vulgar. to take measures that will prevent one from suffering blame, loss, harm, etc. | | 55. | take cover, to seek shelter or safety: The hikers took cover in a deserted cabin to escape the sudden storm. | | 56. | under cover, | a. | clandestinely; secretly: Arrangements for the escape were made under cover. | | b. | within an envelope: The report will be mailed to you under separate cover. | | |
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