cover definition
Overview
This page has 50 definitions of cover with English translations in 9 languages. Cover is a noun, an adjective and verb. Examples of how to use cover in a sentence are shown. Also define these 83 related words and terms: lid, view, book, magazine, compact disc, package, sheet, bed, car, sofa, cover charge, setting, restaurant, dinner, music, rerecording, cover version, cover song, cricket, fielding, position, off, point, mid off, forward, square, fielder, topology, family, philately, envelope, stamp, postmark, military, solid, object, terrain, protection, enemy, law, purchase, goods, breach, contract, insurance, coverage, espionage, persona, cover story, swindler, confederate, overlap, course, steam engine, lap, slide valve, construction, reinforcing, steel, concrete, place, over, upon, conceal, protect, hat, discuss, thoroughly, deal with, include, enough, money, law enforcement, copulate, impregnate, chess, control, sports, defend, cover, storage medium, covern, and versão cover.
English cover definition
Etymology
From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“I cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“I 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”)).
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 (“to cover”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌvɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌvə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)
Noun
cover (countable and uncountable, plural covers)
- A lid.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.
View definition
Visual perception.- The act of seeing or looking at something. (1 of 15 view definitions)
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
Book definition
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. (1 of 14 book definitions)
Magazine definition
A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold. (1 of 7 magazine definitions)
Package definition
Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope. (1 of 10 package definitions)
- The top sheet of a bed.
Sheet definition
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. (1 of 13 sheet definitions)
Bed definition
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. (1 of 26 bed definitions)
- A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
Car definition
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation. (1 of 13 car definitions)
- A cover charge.
- There's a $15 cover tonight.
Cover Charge definition
An amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant where entertainment is provided. (1 of 2 cover charge definitions)
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- 1897, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity[1]:
- When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.
- We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
Setting definition
present participle of set
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
Rerecording definition
present participle of rerecord
Cover Version definition
A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.
Cover Song definition
cover version
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
Fielding definition
present participle of field
Square definition
A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral. (1 of 26 square definitions)
- (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
- The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.
Topology definition
A branch of mathematics studying those properties of a geometric figure or solid that are not changed by stretching, bending and similar homeomorphisms. (1 of 7 topology definitions)
Family definition
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. (1 of 10 family definitions)
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
Envelope definition
A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing. (1 of 11 envelope definitions)
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
Military definition
Characteristic of members of the armed forces. (1 of 4 military definitions)
Solid definition
That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas. (1 of 15 solid definitions)
Terrain definition
A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks. (1 of 2 terrain definitions)
Protection definition
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. (1 of 9 protection definitions)
Enemy definition
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. (1 of 4 enemy definitions)
- (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.
Law definition
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. (1 of 19 law definitions)
Purchase definition
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. (1 of 9 purchase definitions)
Breach definition
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence (1 of 9 breach definitions)
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
Insurance definition
A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. (1 of 5 insurance definitions)
Coverage definition
An amount by which something or someone is covered. (1 of 7 coverage definitions)
- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
Cover Story definition
A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover. (1 of 2 cover story definitions)
- (dated) A swindler's confederate.
Confederate definition
A member of a confederacy. (1 of 3 confederate definitions)
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
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- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
Steam Engine definition
A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a steam turbine). (1 of 3 steam engine definitions)
Slide Valve definition
A valve in a steam engine, designed to slide back and forth to cover and uncover the openings through which steam enters the cylinder.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
Reinforcing definition
Used to reinforce.
Steel definition
An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. (1 of 17 steel definitions)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hijazi Arabic: كَڤَر (kavar)
Translations
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Adjective
cover (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
- (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Translations
Verb
cover (third-person singular simple present covers, present participle covering, simple past and past participle covered)
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- He covered the baby with a blanket.
- When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- The blanket covered the baby.
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016:
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
- (intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.
- 1904, Rawdon Lubbock Brown, Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts:
- All the while he held his hat in his hand; and even until he had given his answer, when he covered and bade us be.
Hat definition
A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration. (1 of 9 hat definitions)
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.
- 1842, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy
- the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland
- (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
Discuss definition
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic. (1 of 6 discuss definitions)
- To deal with or include someone or something.
- 2010 (publication date), "Contributors", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 7:
- Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired.
Deal With definition
To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject. (1 of 6 deal with definitions)
Include definition
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. (1 of 5 include definitions)
- 2010 (publication date), "Contributors", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 7:
- To be enough money for.
- We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
- Ten dollars should cover lunch.
Money definition
A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. (1 of 8 money definitions)
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- 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.
- (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (military, law enforcement) 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.
Law Enforcement definition
The task of ensuring obedience to law. (1 of 2 law enforcement definitions)
- To provide insurance coverage for.
- Does my policy cover accidental loss?
- To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)[2]:
- Among animals in a domesticated or confined state it is easy to find evidence of homosexual attraction, due merely to the absence of the other sex. This was known to the ancients; the Egyptians regarded two male partridges as the symbol of homosexuality, and Aristotle noted that two female pigeons would cover each other if no male was at hand.
- I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.
- The stallion has not covered the mare yet.
- Synonym: impregnate
Copulate definition
To engage in sexual intercourse.
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.
Chess definition
A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
Control definition
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. (1 of 5 control definitions)
- To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (sports) To defend a particular player or area.
Defend definition
To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. (1 of 9 defend definitions)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:cover.
Derived terms
Descendants
- German: covern
- Danish: lave en cover
Translations
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Anagrams
Dutch cover definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cover m (plural covers, diminutive covertje n)
- A cover, cover song, cover version (rerecording of a previously recorded song, typically by a different artist).
- A cover, the front of a magazine or of the package of a storage medium.
Derived terms
- coveren
- coverversie
Finnish cover definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cover
- cover, cover version, cover song (rerecording of a previously recorded song)
Declension
Inflection of cover (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | cover | coverit | |
genitive | coverin | coverien covereiden covereitten | |
partitive | coveria | covereita covereja | |
illative | coveriin | covereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | cover | coverit | |
accusative | nom. | cover | coverit |
gen. | coverin | ||
genitive | coverin | coverien covereiden covereitten | |
partitive | coveria | covereita covereja | |
inessive | coverissa | covereissa | |
elative | coverista | covereista | |
illative | coveriin | covereihin | |
adessive | coverilla | covereilla | |
ablative | coverilta | covereilta | |
allative | coverille | covereille | |
essive | coverina | covereina | |
translative | coveriksi | covereiksi | |
instructive | — | coverein | |
abessive | coveritta | covereitta | |
comitative | — | covereineen |
Possessive forms of cover (type paperi) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | coverini | coverimme |
2nd person | coverisi | coverinne |
3rd person | coverinsa |
Synonyms
French cover definition
Etymology
Noun
cover m (plural covers)
- (colloquial) cover (rerecording)
German cover definition
Verb
cover
- inflection of covern:
Covern definition
to cover
Polish cover definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cover m inan
- (music) cover version (rerecording of a song)
Declension
Further reading
- cover in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cover in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese cover definition
Etymology
Noun
cover m or f (rare) (plural coveres)
- (music) cover version (rerecording of a song by another musician or group)
- Synonym: versão cover
Versão Cover definition
cover version (rerecording of a song by another musician or group)
Spanish cover definition
Etymology
Noun
cover m (plural covers)
- cover, cover version
Swedish cover definition
Etymology
Noun
cover c
- (music) cover, cover song
Usage notes
The plural of this word could also be covers.
Declension
Declension of cover | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | cover | covern | cover | coverna |
Genitive | covers | coverns | covers | covernas |