cover Meaning & Definition

Synonyms of Cover

Antonyms of Cover

Cover in a Sentence

The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.

There's a $15 cover tonight.

We need to set another cover for the Smith party.

The captain signalled his best fielder from short leg to cover.

The covers were put on just before lunch.

He was brought in as cover for wicketkeeper.

The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.

He covered the baby with a blanket.

When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.

The blanket covered the baby.

Regular hexagons can cover the plane.

You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.

The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.

The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.

Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead.

He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.

Does my policy cover accidental loss?

We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.

Ten dollars should cover lunch.

Dad, when I get to University, will I be covered?

I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?

I wish that popular afternoon show would let us cover some of their commercials – their national stuff can be so annoying.

I'm surprised that the band covered this Beatles song so well.

In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.

I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.

The stallion has not covered the mare yet.

The ships were covering approaches to the harbor.

The deputy covered the sheriff who was apprehending the suspect.

a policy covering the traveler in all kinds of accidents

a policy covering loss by fire

a linebacker assigned to cover the tight end

The shortstop was covering second.

Your balance is insufficient to cover the check.

motorcycle police covering the highways

cover up a scandal

a blanket covering her legs

Cover the seedbed with straw.

Snow covered the hills.

a region covered with lakes

Cover the pot.

a horse covers a mare

covered herself with glory

an examination covering a full year's work

material covered in the first chapter

One sales rep covers the whole state.

reporters covering the campaign

The hikers covered 12 miles that day.

cover expenses

a stand-in covering for an injured star

a mattress cover

under cover of darkness

The project was a cover for intelligence operations.

a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation

by morning a foot of snow covered the ground

better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer

this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer

covered the foxhole with grass and leaves

we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day

I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break

covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper

where's the cover for the cookie jar?

provided cover while their comrades ran for safety

put the restaurant menus in clear plastic covers so that they would last longer

people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first

all of the exhibits at the fair are under cover, so the weather won't be a factor

under cover of friendship the con man insinuated himself in the lives of the unsuspecting couple

the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal

Word Forms & Grammar

cov·ered

cov·er·ing

cov·er·able adjective

co·ver·er noun

cover

coverable

covered

coverer

coverers

covering

covers

cov·er·less adjective

coverless

cover ground

cover one's tracks

cover the ground

under cover

cover (up)

cover up

cover (countable and uncountable, plural covers)

cover (not comparable)

cover (third-person singular simple present covers, present participle covering, simple past and past participle covered)

Words That Rhyme With Cover

Origin of Cover

Origin 1: Middle English, from Anglo-French coverir, covrir, from Latin cooperire, from co- + operire to close, cover

Origin 2: see cover:1

Origin 3: From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).

Origin 4: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.

First Known Use

13th centuryt

14th century