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Definition for cover

noun as in wrapping

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canvas, cap, dress, envelope, jacket, lid, roof, screen, sheet, tent, top, umbrella

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awning, bark, binding, canopy, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, dome, hood, integument, marquee, overlay, paint, parasol, sheath, shroud, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, wrapper, wraps

noun as in cover-up, mask

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camouflage, disguise, facade, guise, masquerade, pretense, put on, semblance, veil, veneer, window dressing

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false front, fig leaf, smokescreen

noun as in hiding place

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front, screen, shelter

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asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, guard, harbor, harborage, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, security

verb as in wrap, hide

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blanket, bury, coat, dress, enclose, protect, shroud

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cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, conceal, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, eclipse, encase, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, screen, secrete, shade, shield, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil

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board up, bush up, cover up, do on the sly, put on, set on

verb as in protect, guard

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bulwark, defend, fend, house, reinforce, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield

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verb as in include, contain

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comprise, deal with, encompass, examine, involve, provide for, reach

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comprehend, consider, embody, embrace, incorporate, meet, suffice, survey

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be enough, refer to, take account of

verb as in describe in published writing

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broadcast, detail, investigate, narrate, recount, relate, report

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tell of, write up

verb as in fill in for, compensate

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balance, counterbalance, insure, relieve, substitute

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double for, make good, make up for, stand in (for), take over, take the rap for

verb as in travel across area

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cross, range, track, traverse, trek

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journey over, pass over, pass through

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Example Sentences

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I am covering this game for Radio 5 Live and part of me is thinking that Liverpool are going to click soon and just absolutely annihilate someone.

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The council is also providing families eligible for free school meals with vouchers to help cover food costs during the school holidays.

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Stripped almost bare and blisteringly hot, with few man-made structures, it covers an area similar to London's Heathrow Airport and is, arguably, only slightly more scenic.

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The event will celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul,” and she famously covered “If I Needed Someone” for the album’s 40th anniversary tribute.

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Venerable American writer Alex Miceli, who has known DeChambeau since starting to cover the player's career when he was a teenage talent, believes the player now fully embraces the collective ethos.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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