cover

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Synonyms: covet, hover, cove, covey, coven, cower, lover, rover, over, comer, coper

Antonyms: covet, hover, cove, covey, coven, cower, lover, rover, over, comer, coper

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Noun

1. A [[lid]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Area or situation which screens a person or thing from [[view]].
3. The front and back of a [[book]], [[magazine]], [[compact disc|CD]] [[package]], etc.
4. The top [[sheet]] of a [[bed]].
5. 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.
6. {{lb|en|India}} A [[bag]] or [[packet]].
7. A [[cover charge]].
8. A [[setting]] at a [[restaurant]] table or formal [[dinner#Noun|dinner]].
9. {{lb|en|music}} A new performance or [[rerecording]] of a previously recorded song; a [[cover version]]; a [[cover song]].
10. {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[fielding]] [[position]] on the [[off]] side, between [[point]] and [[mid off]], about 30° [[forward]] of [[square]]; a [[fielder]] in this position.
11. {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[tarpaulin]] or other [[device]] used to cover the [[wicket]] during [[rain]], to prevent it getting [[wet]].
12. {{lb|en|cricket}} The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
2. {{lb|en|music}} Of, pertaining to, or consisting of [[cover version]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[place#Verb|place]] something [[over#Preposition|over]] or [[upon]], as to [[conceal]] or [[protect]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|dated}} To put on one's [[hat]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To invest (oneself ''with'' something); to bring upon (oneself).
7. To have under one’s [[scope]] or [[purview]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To be [[enough]] [[money]] for.
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[supply#Verb|supply]] with [[funds]]; to [[settle]] or [[pay#Verb|pay]] the costs for; to [[foot the bill]] for.
10. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To act as a [[replacement]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive|broadcasting}} To [[air#Verb|air]] or [[run#Verb|run]] locally [[originate]]d material in place of [[network]] material during an [[internal]] [[spot#Noun|spot]] [[commercial break#Noun|break]] in a [[syndicated]] [[program#Noun|program]].
12. {{lb|en|music|transitive}} To make a [[cover version]] of (a [[song]] that was originally [[record]]ed by another [[artist]]).

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{place|en|river|in the|val/Yorkshire Dales|co/North Yorkshire|cc/England|which joins the River [[Ure]]|full=the {{w|River Cover}}}}.

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