| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | kah'ver |
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| Rhymes | achiever, aver, beaver, and 108 more rhymes in ver at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. |
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| Examples | "under cover of darkness" |
| Synonyms | screen, covert, concealment |
| Narrower | blind; camouflage; shoji; stalking-horse |
| Broader | covering |
| Verbs | cover; cover; cover |
| Meaning | Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed. |
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| Examples | "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" |
| Synonyms | blanket |
| Narrower | afghan; electric blanket; mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket; manta; security blanket |
| Broader | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding |
| Meaning | The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it. |
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| Examples | "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" |
| Synonyms | covering, screening, masking |
| Broader | concealment, concealing, hiding |
| Verbs | cover |
| Meaning | The front and back covering of a book. |
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| Synonyms | binding, book binding, back |
| Part of | book, volume |
| Narrower | half binding; three-quarter binding |
| Broader | protective covering, protective cover, protection |
| Verbs | cover; cover |
| Meaning | A natural object that covers or envelops. |
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| Examples | "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" |
| Synonyms | covering, natural covering |
| Narrower | scale; shell; test; body covering; sheath, case; integument; blanket, mantle; crust, incrustation, encrustation; envelope; indumentum, indument; shell; shell, eggshell; skim; slough; snowcap; vesture; peridium; pericarp, seed vessel; perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium; theca, sac; indusium; bark |
| Broader | natural object |
| Meaning | Covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container). |
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| Examples | "put the cover back on the kettle" |
| Synonyms | top |
| Narrower | cap; lid; manhole cover; screwtop |
| Broader | covering |
| Verbs | cover |
| Meaning | Fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations. |
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| Examples | "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal" |
| Synonyms | covering fire |
| Broader | fire, firing |
| Verbs | cover |
| Meaning | A fixed charge by a restaurant or night club over and above the charge for food and drink. |
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| Synonyms | cover charge |
| Broader | fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs |
| Verbs | cover |
| Meaning | A recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else. |
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| Examples | "they made a cover of a Beatles' song" |
| Synonyms | cover version, cover song |
| Broader | recording |
| Meaning | A false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent). |
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| Examples | "her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment" |
| Broader | concealment, concealing, hiding |
| Meaning | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They cover the halls with holly |
| Examples | "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| Entailed by | bury; tar-and-feather; veil; smother, put out; smother, asphyxiate, suffocate |
| Narrower | frost; frost; daub, smear; roof; mulch; turf; bank; carpet; carpet; board up; bedaub, besmear; bark; coat, surface; butter; lather; wallpaper, paper; canvas; paper; oil; wax; veneer; grease; wash; line; face; feather; wrap, wrap up; spritz; felt; paste; coif; hold; jacket; foil; white-out; flash; pall; sod; bind; plank, plank over; parcel; flake; recover; hood; cowl; clapboard; canopy; bread; blinker; blindfold; aluminize, aluminise; crown; sheet; tile; lag; mask; mask, block out; mask; blanket; plaster, plaster over, stick on; plaster; paint; put on, apply; laminate; spray; brush; frost, ice; smother, surround; envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose; sheathe; crape, crepe; concrete; blacklead; grass; gravel; lime; mound over; straw; spread; drape; dust; plaster; steel |
| Contrary | uncover, expose |
| Similar to | cover, spread over; overlay, cover |
| Nouns | cover; covering; cover |
| Meaning | Form a cover over. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Model | Holly flowers cover the halls |
| Examples | "The grass covered the grave" |
| Synonyms | spread over |
| Narrower | flood; bloody; mist, mist over; glaciate; strew; grass, grass over; coat, cake; submerge, drown, overwhelm; mantle; blanket; carpet; smother; shroud |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact |
| Similar to | cover |
| Nouns | covering; cover; cover |
| Meaning | Span an interval of distance, space or time. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The period covered the turn of the century"; "This farm covers some 200 acres" |
| Synonyms | extend |
| Narrower | cross, traverse, span, sweep; sweep; overlap; spread, overspread; ridge; dot, stud, constellate |
| Broader | be |
| Similar to | cover |
| Meaning | Provide for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The grant doesn't cover my salary" |
| Broader | satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to |
| Meaning | Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The course covered all of Western Civilization" |
| Synonyms | treat, handle, plow, deal, address |
| Narrower | theologize, theologise; discourse, talk about, discuss |
| Broader | broach, initiate |
| Similar to | treat, handle, do by; embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover |
| Nouns | coverage |
| Meaning | Include in scope. Include as part of something broader. Have as one's sphere or territory. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| Synonyms | embrace, encompass, comprehend |
| Broader | include |
| Similar to | cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address |
| Meaning | Travel across or pass over. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| Synonyms | traverse, track, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across |
| Narrower | tramp; stride; walk; crisscross; ford; bridge; jaywalk; drive, take; course; hop |
| Broader | pass, go through, go across |
| Meaning | Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They won't cover the story |
| Examples | "The cub reporter covered New York City" |
| Synonyms | report |
| Broader | inform |
| Similar to | cover |
| Nouns | coverage |
| Meaning | Hold within range of an aimed firearm. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | protect |
| Similar to | cover, extend |
| Nouns | cover |
| Meaning | To take an action to protect against future problems. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself" |
| Broader | protect |
| Similar to | cover, insure, underwrite |
| Meaning | Hide from view or knowledge. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House" |
| Synonyms | cover up |
| Narrower | whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up |
| Broader | hide, conceal |
| Nouns | covering |
| Meaning | Protect or defend (a position in a game). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "he covered left field" |
| Narrower | double-team |
| Broader | protect |
| Similar to | cover |
| Meaning | Maintain a check on. Especially by patrolling. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The second officer covered the top floor" |
| Broader | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure |
| Similar to | report, cover |
| Meaning | Protect by insurance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The insurance won't cover this" |
| Synonyms | insure, underwrite |
| Narrower | reinsure; indemnify |
| Broader | guarantee, warrant |
| Similar to | cover; cover, compensate, overcompensate |
| Nouns | coverage |
| Meaning | Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | compensate, overcompensate |
| Broader | compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up |
| Similar to | cover, insure, underwrite |
| Meaning | Invest with a large or excessive amount of something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "She covered herself with glory" |
| Broader | endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue |
| Meaning | Help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week" |
| Broader | substitute, deputize, deputise, step in |
| Meaning | Be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Is this enough to cover the check?" |
| Broader | be |
| Nouns | cover |
| Meaning | Spread over a surface to conceal or protect. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "This paint covers well" |
| Broader | hide, conceal |
| Nouns | cover, covering; cover; covering |
| Meaning | Cover as if with a shroud. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | shroud, enshroud, hide |
| Broader | envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose |
| Meaning | Copulate with a female, used especially of horses. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The horse covers the mare" |
| Synonyms | breed |
| Category | animal husbandry |
| Broader | copulate, mate, pair, couple |
| Similar to | brood, hatch, cover, incubate |
| Meaning | Put something on top of something else. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "cover the meat with a lot of gravy" |
| Synonyms | overlay |
| Narrower | splash |
| Similar to | cover |
| Nouns | cover |
| Meaning | Play a higher card than the one previously played. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "Smith covered again" |
| Category | card game, cards |
| Broader | play |
| Meaning | Be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | protect |
| Similar to | cover |
| Meaning | Sit on (eggs). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The female covers the eggs" |
| Synonyms | brood, hatch, incubate |
| Entails | sit down, sit |
| Broader | reproduce, procreate, multiply |
| Similar to | hatch; breed, cover |
| Meaning | Clothe, as if for protection from the elements. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "cover your head!" |
| Synonyms | wrap up |
| Broader | dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel |
| Nouns | covering |