cover

Noun CEFR A2 Common

ˈkʌvɚ

Definitions

A lid.
countable, uncountable
A lid
A surname.
Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view
Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
uncountable
A river in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Ure; in full, the River Cover.
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
countable, uncountable
The top sheet of a bed
The top sheet of a bed.
countable, uncountable
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
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.
countable, uncountable
A bag or packet.
India, countable, uncountable
A cover charge.
countable, uncountable
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
countable, uncountable
A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
countable, uncountable
A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
countable, uncountable
A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
countable, uncountable
The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
countable, uncountable
A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
countable, uncountable
A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
countable, uncountable
An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
countable, uncountable
A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
countable, uncountable
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.
countable, uncountable
An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
countable, uncountable
A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
countable, uncountable
A swindler's confederate.
countable, dated, uncountable
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
countable, uncountable
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
countable, uncountable
The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
countable, uncountable

Conjugation

Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of cover.

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Equivalents

53 more languages

العربيةالغطاء برقع تسترحجاب طبق غشية غطاء غلاف فراش كفر كن لحاف

Azərbaycan diliağızlıq cild əhatə etməkəvəz etmək getmək keçmək örtük qapaq toxunmaq üz

Беларускаявокладка

Българскикапак подвързия покривампохлупа́к

Catalàcoberta tapa

Češtinakryt krytka obalobálka poklop víko

Danskkuvert lag

Ελληνικάδιασκευάζω εξώφυλλο καλύπτρακαπάκι

Esperantokovrilo

فارسیپوشش جلد

Suomicover coverversio kansikäsitellä kattaa kattaus koveri kuori mainita päällys pääsymaksu päiväpeitto peite peitehenkilöllisyys peiterooli peitetarina peitin peitto suoja vakuutusturva

Gaeilgeclúdach cumhdach

Gàidhligcòmhdach

Galegocobertura cuberta fundatampa tapa

ગુજરાતીમુખપૃષ્ઠ

Hausamurfi

עבריתחיפוי כיסה כיסויכריכה מכסה מעטפה שמלה

हिन्दीटोपी ढक्कन मंडपलिफ़ाफ़ा

Հայերենխուփ ծածկել կազմկափարիչ շապիկ

Bahasa Indonesiakaf kap liputliputan perlindungan salut samak samaran sampul selongsong selubung tudung tutup ulasan

日本語カバーブックカバー上包み上覆奄掩掩蔽盍盖罨蓋蔽表紙被覆覆い

ქართულიხუფი

Қазақ тілімұқаба

ភាសាខ្មែរគំរប គ្រប

한국어冖韞 겉장다루다 담보물 덮개 뚜껑 엄폐물 엄호 입장료 커버 표지

Kurdîçapa cild fêdîr kaf kap lep siper

Latinacooperculum operculum operimentumtectorium tegumentum umbra

Latviešupārvalks sega vāks

Te Reo Māorikōpaki

Македонскикапак корица

Монголхавтас

Nederlandsbehandelen cover coverendekken deksel entree inkom kaft kap omslag sprei

Polskidekiel kapa nakrycienarzuta nospa obkładka okładka okładkowy okrycie okrywa pokrywa pokrywać pościel przesłona przykrycie przykrywa przykrywka ukrycie wieko zabezpieczenie

Portuguêscapa coberta cobertorcobertura cobrir cover mencionar reserva tampa tampar taxa inclusa

Românăacoperi

Русскийвходна́я пла́та крышка легендаобло́жечный обложка покрывало приборы проехать пройти пролете́ть проплыть укрытие

සිංහලආවරණය

Slovenčinaveko

Slovenščinakriti pokrov

Shqipkapak mbuloj

Svenskabetäckning cover framsidainträde kåpa kupa lock omslag överkast pärm skydd tacka täcke täckmantel täckning tillryggalägga

తెలుగుదుప్పటి మూత

ไทยปก ปลอก ฝ้า

Tagalogpantakip takip

Türkçegiriş ücreti kap kapakkuver örtü siper sofra takımı

Українськавіко захист ковдракришка легенда обкладинка пелена покрив покрива́ло прикриття чохол

Tiếng Việtbia nắp vung

Examples

“The soldiers took cover ⟳ behind a ruined building.”

“There's a $15 cover ⟳ tonight.”

“We need ⟳ to set ⟳ another cover ⟳ for the Smith party.”

“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.”

“The captain signalled his best fielder from short leg to cover ⟳.”

“The covers were put ⟳ on just before lunch.”

“He was brought in as cover ⟳ for wicketkeeper.”

“The open ⟳ intervals are a cover ⟳ for the real numbers.”

CEFR level

A2

Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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See also

cover 0 cover art cover artist cover band cover board cover boy

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