cover

a cover, cover song, cover version (rerecording of a previously recorded song, typically by a different artist)

a cover, the front of a magazine or of the package of a storage medium

nl-noun

cover m (plural covers, diminutive covertje n)

covers (plural)
covertje (diminutive neuter)


cover

The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.

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

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

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.

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.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.

The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.

(combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.

(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.

(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.

(law) 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.

(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.

(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.

Edward H[enry] Knight
w:Edward H. Knight

The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.

In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.

(construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.

en-noun

cover (countable and uncountable, plural covers)

throw nickels around like manhole covers

→ Hijazi Arabic: كَڤَر (kavar)

→ Portuguese: cover

cumhdach

A cloth or similar material used to protect underlying items from dust, sunlight, insects etc. when not being used.

掩體

military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire

peitetarina

espionage: persona maintained by an operative

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Old Latin com
Latin cum
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Latin operiō
Latin cooperiō
Old French covrirbor.
Middle English coveren
English cover
From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“I cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“I close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir (“to cover”).


cover

Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.

(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.


cover

He covered the baby with a blanket.

When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.

(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

The blanket covered the baby.

A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:

Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.

2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

(transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

Regular hexagons can cover the plane.

(transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.

(transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

All the while he held his hat in his hand; and even until he had given his answer, when he covered and bade us be.

1904, Rawdon Lubbock Brown, Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts:

(intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.

The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.

the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland

1842, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy:

(transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).

The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.

(transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.

To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.

Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired.

2010 (publication date), "Contributors", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 7

(transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.

To deal with or include someone or something.

We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.

Ten dollars should cover lunch.

Dad, when I get to University, will I be covered?

(transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.

I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?

I wish that popular afternoon show would let us cover some of their commercials – their national stuff can be so annoying.

(transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.

Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead.

He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.

(transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.

To have as an assignment or responsibility.

I'm surprised that the band covered this Beatles song so well.

(music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).

(military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.

Does my policy cover accidental loss?

(transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.

Among animals in a domesticated or confined state it is easy to find evidence of homosexual attraction, due merely to the absence of the other sex. This was known to the ancients; the Egyptians regarded two male partridges as the symbol of homosexuality, and Aristotle noted that two female pigeons would cover each other if no male was at hand.

1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):

I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.

The stallion has not covered the mare yet.

(transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).

In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.

(chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).

To protect or control (a piece or square).

(transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

November 22 — Owing to bad weather all machines flew at a height of 5,000 feet and covered the 90 miles in just 90 minutes . November 23 — During fourth lap ...

It had covered better than 840 miles in just a few hours more than seven days.32 The apparently clumsily managed shuffle through the various railroad nets ...

1989, Robert K. Krick, Parker's Virginia Battery, C.S.A.:

(transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.

To traverse or put behind a certain distance.

[…] he told plaintiff he would cover the table, and furnish it the same as the one he was sitting at, and that he should be waited upon and served the same as those on the other side of the room.

1892, George Chase, Leading Cases Upon the Law of Torts, page 46:

(transitive, dated) To arrange plates, etc. on (a table) in preparation for a meal.

(sports) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.

To defend (mark) a particular player or area.

(transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.

en-verb

cover (third-person singular simple present covers, present participle covering, simple past and past participle covered)

covers (present singular third-person)
covering (participle present)
covered (participle past)
covered (past)

→ German: covern

→ Danish: lave en cover

takar

to be or set upon all of, so as to completely conceal

ellát

to have as an assignment or responsibility

kiterjed

to extend over a given period/time/range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area

véd

(sport) to defend a particular player or area


cover

cover, cover version, cover song (rerecording of a previously recorded song)

cover (nominative singular)
coverit (nominative plural)
cover (accusative nominative singular)
coverit (accusative nominative plural)
coverin (accusative genitive singular)
coverit (accusative genitive plural)
coverin (genitive singular)
coverien (genitive plural)
covereiden (genitive plural)
covereitten (genitive plural)
coveria (partitive singular)
covereita (partitive plural)
covereja (partitive plural)
coverissa (inessive singular)
covereissa (inessive plural)
coverista (elative singular)
covereista (elative plural)
coveriin (illative singular)
covereihin (illative plural)
coverilla (adessive singular)
covereilla (adessive plural)
coverilta (ablative singular)
covereilta (ablative plural)
coverille (allative singular)
covereille (allative plural)
coverina (essive singular)
covereina (essive plural)
coveriksi (singular translative)
covereiksi (plural translative)
coveritta (abessive singular)
covereitta (abessive plural)
coverein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
coverini (nominative singular)
coverini (nominative plural)
coverini (accusative nominative singular)
coverini (accusative nominative plural)
coverini (accusative genitive singular)
coverini (accusative genitive plural)
coverini (genitive singular)
coverieni (genitive plural)
covereideni (genitive plural)
covereitteni (genitive plural)
coveriani (partitive singular)
covereitani (partitive plural)
coverejani (partitive plural)
coverissani (inessive singular)
covereissani (inessive plural)
coveristani (elative singular)
covereistani (elative plural)
coveriini (illative singular)
covereihini (illative plural)
coverillani (adessive singular)
covereillani (adessive plural)
coveriltani (ablative singular)
covereiltani (ablative plural)
coverilleni (allative singular)
covereilleni (allative plural)
coverinani (essive singular)
covereinani (essive plural)
coverikseni (singular translative)
covereikseni (plural translative)
coverittani (abessive singular)
covereittani (abessive plural)
covereineni (comitative plural)
coverisi (nominative singular)
coverisi (nominative plural)
coverisi (accusative nominative singular)
coverisi (accusative nominative plural)
coverisi (accusative genitive singular)
coverisi (accusative genitive plural)
coverisi (genitive singular)
coveriesi (genitive plural)
covereidesi (genitive plural)
covereittesi (genitive plural)
coveriasi (partitive singular)
covereitasi (partitive plural)
coverejasi (partitive plural)
coverissasi (inessive singular)
covereissasi (inessive plural)
coveristasi (elative singular)
covereistasi (elative plural)
coveriisi (illative singular)
covereihisi (illative plural)
coverillasi (adessive singular)
covereillasi (adessive plural)
coveriltasi (ablative singular)
covereiltasi (ablative plural)
coverillesi (allative singular)
covereillesi (allative plural)
coverinasi (essive singular)
covereinasi (essive plural)
coveriksesi (singular translative)
covereiksesi (plural translative)
coverittasi (abessive singular)
covereittasi (abessive plural)
covereinesi (comitative plural)
coverimme (nominative singular)
coverimme (nominative plural)
coverimme (accusative nominative singular)
coverimme (accusative nominative plural)
coverimme (accusative genitive singular)
coverimme (accusative genitive plural)
coverimme (genitive singular)
coveriemme (genitive plural)
covereidemme (genitive plural)
covereittemme (genitive plural)
coveriamme (partitive singular)
covereitamme (partitive plural)
coverejamme (partitive plural)
coverissamme (inessive singular)
covereissamme (inessive plural)
coveristamme (elative singular)
covereistamme (elative plural)
coveriimme (illative singular)
covereihimme (illative plural)
coverillamme (adessive singular)
covereillamme (adessive plural)
coveriltamme (ablative singular)
covereiltamme (ablative plural)
coverillemme (allative singular)
covereillemme (allative plural)
coverinamme (essive singular)
covereinamme (essive plural)
coveriksemme (singular translative)
covereiksemme (plural translative)
coverittamme (abessive singular)
covereittamme (abessive plural)
covereinemme (comitative plural)
coverinne (nominative singular)
coverinne (nominative plural)
coverinne (accusative nominative singular)
coverinne (accusative nominative plural)
coverinne (accusative genitive singular)
coverinne (accusative genitive plural)
coverinne (genitive singular)
coverienne (genitive plural)
covereidenne (genitive plural)
covereittenne (genitive plural)
coverianne (partitive singular)
covereitanne (partitive plural)
coverejanne (partitive plural)
coverissanne (inessive singular)
covereissanne (inessive plural)
coveristanne (elative singular)
covereistanne (elative plural)
coveriinne (illative singular)
covereihinne (illative plural)
coverillanne (adessive singular)
covereillanne (adessive plural)
coveriltanne (ablative singular)
covereiltanne (ablative plural)
coverillenne (allative singular)
covereillenne (allative plural)
coverinanne (essive singular)
covereinanne (essive plural)
coveriksenne (singular translative)
covereiksenne (plural translative)
coverittanne (abessive singular)
covereittanne (abessive plural)
covereinenne (comitative plural)
coverinsa (nominative singular)
coverinsa (nominative plural)
coverinsa (accusative nominative singular)
coverinsa (accusative nominative plural)
coverinsa (accusative genitive singular)
coverinsa (accusative genitive plural)
coverinsa (genitive singular)
coveriensa (genitive plural)
covereidensa (genitive plural)
covereittensa (genitive plural)
coveriaan (partitive singular)
coveriansa (partitive singular)
covereitaan (partitive plural)
coverejaan (partitive plural)
covereitansa (partitive plural)
coverejansa (partitive plural)
coverissaan (inessive singular)
coverissansa (inessive singular)
covereissaan (inessive plural)
covereissansa (inessive plural)
coveristaan (elative singular)
coveristansa (elative singular)
covereistaan (elative plural)
covereistansa (elative plural)
coveriinsa (illative singular)
covereihinsa (illative plural)
coverillaan (adessive singular)
coverillansa (adessive singular)
covereillaan (adessive plural)
covereillansa (adessive plural)
coveriltaan (ablative singular)
coveriltansa (ablative singular)
covereiltaan (ablative plural)
covereiltansa (ablative plural)
coverilleen (allative singular)
coverillensa (allative singular)
covereilleen (allative plural)
covereillensa (allative plural)
coverinaan (essive singular)
coverinansa (essive singular)
covereinaan (essive plural)
covereinansa (essive plural)
coverikseen (singular translative)
coveriksensa (singular translative)
covereikseen (plural translative)
covereiksensa (plural translative)
coverittaan (abessive singular)
coverittansa (abessive singular)
covereittaan (abessive plural)
covereittansa (abessive plural)
covereineen (comitative plural)
covereinensa (comitative plural)


cover

inflection of covern:
first-person singular present

inflection of covern:
singular imperative


cover

English: cover

Yola: neckarès (plural)

Borrowed from Old French covert, and was influenced by coveren.


cover

(music) cover version (rerecording of a song)

cover (nominative singular)
covery (nominative plural)
coveru (genitive singular)
coverów (genitive plural)
coverowi (dative singular)
coverom (dative plural)
cover (accusative singular)
covery (accusative plural)
coverem (instrumental singular)
coverami (instrumental plural)
coverze (locative singular)
coverach (locative plural)
coverze (singular vocative)
covery (plural vocative)


cover

(music) cover version (rerecording of a song by another musician or group)


cover

Ele é cover do Elvis Presley.

impersonator (an entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others)


cover

cover (indefinite nominative singular)
covern (definite nominative singular)
cover (indefinite nominative plural)
coverna (definite nominative plural)
covers (genitive indefinite singular)
coverns (definite genitive singular)
covers (genitive indefinite plural)
covernas (definite genitive plural)