cover

noun
/ˈkʌvɚ/

Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

Example

“The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.”

Other meanings

The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
The top sheet of a bed.

Synonyms

binding
book binding
back

A kind of

protective covering

Kinds of cover

half binding
three-quarter binding

Example sentences

“They rode into town under the cover of darkness.”
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“This is one of my original songs, not a cover.”
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“Can you cover my shift?”
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Word history

From Latin "cooperiō" (to cover completely).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cover” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.