Cover

Quick meaning: Cover is a noun meaning (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

Meaning

(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

More Meanings

1. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
2. The top sheet of a bed.
3. (India) A bag or packet.
4. A cover charge.
5. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
6. 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.

Example Sentences

There's a $15 cover tonight.

The covers were put on just before lunch.

He was brought in as cover for wicketkeeper.

The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.

Word Forms

• covers
• covering
• covered
• coverest
• coveredst
• covereth

Synonyms for cover

Depending on context, synonyms include bury, impregnate, shroud, work, brood, embrace.

Antonyms for cover

Common opposites include expose, uncover.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shroud, enshroud, wrap up, blanket, screening, cover up.

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