Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal.
- intransitive verb To overlay or spread with something.
- intransitive verb To put a cover or covering on.
- intransitive verb To hide or screen from view or knowledge; conceal. Often used with up:
- intransitive verb To do something that gains for (oneself) a quality or association.
- intransitive verb To be spread over the surface of.
- intransitive verb To lie over or adhere to so as to protect or conceal.
- intransitive verb To extend over.
- intransitive verb To travel or pass over.
- intransitive verb To have as one's territory or sphere of work.
- intransitive verb To protect from loss. Used of insurance.
- intransitive verb To take measures to prevent (oneself) from being held responsible for something.
- intransitive verb To be enough to pay for or make up for.
- intransitive verb To have as a subject; deal with.
- intransitive verb To be responsible for reporting the details of (an event or situation).
- intransitive verb To apply to or take into account.
- intransitive verb To protect by having within range or by firing a weapon.
- intransitive verb To aim a firearm at.
- intransitive verb To guard (an opponent playing offense).
- intransitive verb To defend (a position or area).
- intransitive verb To match (an opponent's stake) in a wager.
- intransitive verb To purchase (stock that one has shorted).
- intransitive verb Games To play a higher-ranking card than (the one previously played).
- intransitive verb Music To record a cover version of (a song).
- intransitive verb To copulate with (a female). Used especially of horses.
- intransitive verb To spread over a surface to protect or conceal something.
- intransitive verb To act as a substitute or replacement during someone's absence.
- intransitive verb To hide something in order to save someone from censure or punishment.
- intransitive verb Games To play a higher card than the one previously played.
- noun Something that covers or is laid, placed, or spread over or upon something else, as.
- noun A lid or top.
- noun A binding or outer part for a book or magazine.
- noun A bedcover.
- noun A protective overlay, as for a mattress or furniture.
- noun Shelter or protection.
- noun Strategic protection given by armed units during hostile action.
- noun Something, such as vegetation, covering the surface of the ground.
- noun Vegetation, such as underbrush, serving as protective concealment for wild animals.
- noun Something, such as darkness, that screens, conceals, or disguises. synonym: shelter.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I don't post about cover art very often, since the bloggers who do..cover it pun intended better than I could.
What Happened to The Psalms of Isaak Covers? Jeff C 2010
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I don't post about cover art very often, since the bloggers who do..cover it pun intended better than I could.
Archive 2010-04-01 Jeff C 2010
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I would buy it for the cover alone, though I know the story would be worth the money, too. *returns to staring at cover*
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Have had it for 1 week now and never out of the house - just noticed a slight rattle from the LHS of battery or battery cover on lower side - have not had battery out so don't know if it's a battery cover or combined cover+ battery.
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Have had it for 1 week now and never out of the house - just noticed a slight rattle from the LHS of battery or battery cover on lower side - have not had battery out so don't know if it's a battery cover or combined cover+ battery.
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The Jordan cover fits the mood perfectly of the book and the Martin cover is very atmospheric.
Book Cover Smackdown! 'The Shadow Rising' vs. 'A Game of Thrones' (French) 2010
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The secret to catching big bass in cover is to fish in and around the heaviest stuff with a large lure, and work the lure so it causes a commotion in the weedbeds and is easy for the fish to find.
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Other patents that feature his name cover the designs of distinctive Apple products such as the iMac, the iPad and the iPhone.
Controversy Surrounded Jobs's Innovations Don Clark 2011
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The Pulp of the Day blog uploads a new scanned-in cover from a classic pulp magazine or novel every day.
Boing Boing 2008
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It's the title cover from an online computer game called "Anarchy Online" that I ...
reesetee commented on the word cover
In stamp collecting, an envelope that has been sent through the mail.
August 25, 2008
john commented on the word cover
“FOR nearly three decades, I’ve felt conflicted about presidential salutes. After all, my United States Marine Corps instructors drilled into me the idea that “you never salute without a cover�? which, in civilian, meant without a hat.�?
The New York Times, A Final Verdict on the Presidential Salute, by Carey Winfrey, October 31, 2009
November 10, 2009
bilby commented on the word cover
It's pretty obvious to most people that society's attitude to 'cover' has changed substantially in the last three decades.
November 10, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word cover
Unfortunately.
November 10, 2009