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      cover
      noun
      A lid.
      (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
      The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
      The top sheet of a bed.
      A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
      (India) a bag or packet, especially a plastic one.
      A cover charge.
      A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
      (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
      (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
      (cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
      (cricket) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
      (cricket) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
      (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
      (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
      (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
      (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
      (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
      (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
      The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
      In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
      (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
      A surname.
      A river in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Ure; in full, the River Cover.
      (dated) A swindler's confederate.
      verb
      (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
      (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
      (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
      (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
      (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
      To have under one’s scope or purview.
      (transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
      (transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.
      (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
      (transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.
      (transitive) To be enough money for.
      (transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
      (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
      (transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
      (music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
      To protect, to guard.
      (transitive) To protect from attack in general, to guard.
      (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
      (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
      (sports, transitive) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
      (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
      (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
      (transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
      (transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
      (intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.
      (ambitransitive, dated) To arrange plates, etc. on (a table) in preparation for a meal.
      adjective
      Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
      (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
      Synonyms for cover
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      Words related to cover
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