Cover
//ˈkʌvɚ//
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Adjective
The word "cover" can be used as verb, noun, proper noun and adjective.
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Coverdale Lindelöf covering theorem air cover ambulance cover back cover bacover becover bed cover bed-cover bedcover blow someone's cover break cover chaircover cloud cover cover 0 cover all of one's bases cover all of the bases cover all the bases cover art cover artist cover band cover board cover boy cover charge cover crop cover drive cover girl cover ground cover letter cover meter cover name cover note cover one's back cover one's bases cover one's feet cover one's tracks cover oneself in glory cover page cover point cover price cover sand cover shorts cover slide cover slip cover someone's ass cover someone's back cover stock cover story cover the bases cover the buckle cover the spot cover the waterfront cover to cover cover up cover version cover zero cover-few cover-girl cover-shame cover-slut cover-up coverability coverable coverage coverall coverdisc coverdisk covered bridge covered call covered way coverer coverglass covering fire covering letter covering number covering sickness covering space coverless coverline covermount coversheet coverside coverslip coverstrip covertape cut and cover cut-and-cover deep cover diaper cover discover don't judge a book by its cover duck and cover dust cover dustcover edge cover edge covering number extra cover first day cover first flight cover first-day cover forcover forecover fourth cover gill cover ground cover hardcover head cover headcover hypercover jackass cover judge a book by its cover landcover mail cover manhole cover mattress cover multicover nappy cover never judge a book by its cover non-official cover nursing cover official cover open cover overcover penis-cover pickup cover pram cover precover precover re-cover re-covering recover rump cover run for cover second day cover self-covered separate cover shoecover slipcover slut-cover snow cover snow-covered softcover star-cover stopper cover straight cover subcover take cover third cover throw nickels around like manhole covers toilet cover tonneau cover umbrella cover umbrella-cover uncover under cover under cover of darkness under cover of night under the covers undercover vertex cover well covered well-covered you can't judge a book by its cover you can't tell a book by its cover
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Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
act adjoin apparel ascertain assure be bed clothing bedclothes bedding broach check clothe compensate conceal concealing concealment contact control copulate correct counterbalance couple covering deputise deputize dress empower enclose enclothe endow endue enfold ensure envelop enwrap even off even out even up fire firing fit out fixed charge fixed cost fixed costs fulfil fulfill garb garment gift guarantee habilitate hide hiding include indue inform initiate insure invest lay live up to make up mate meet move multiply natural object pair pass place play pose position procreate protect protection protective cover protective covering put raiment recording reproduce satisfy see see to it set step in substitute tog touch warrant wrap
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above action album album front albums also also car around around something atop author back batteries bed bed blanket bed fabric bed linen bed sheet bed thing bed topper bedding bedspread bedspread action behind between binder blanket blanket action blankets blankets do book book exterior book front book jacket book outside book protection book protector book skin book top books breach can cap car cardboard charge cloak commercial law compact disc conceal concealment container container lid containers contract control copulate course cover charge cover song cover story cover version coverage deal with defend discuss disguising do do not duck duck and duvet enemy engulf enough entry entry charge envelope exterior fabric family fielder fielding first first page for shelter forward front front book front page garbage garbage can general general term goods hard hard back hide hide under hiding hiding behind hiding place hiding something hiding under imitation include insurance jacket jar jar lid judge judge books judging judging books keeping keeping warm lap layer lid lid action lid on lidding lidding containers lids like like blanket like lid linen magazine magazine front magazines manhole manhole lid mid off money music music imitation nice nightclub not object off on bed on book on books on top outer outer protection outside outside book outside protection over over batteries over something over things over top over you overhead overlap overlay package page pages pages between pan pan lid paper persona photos pictures piece pillow pillow outer place place atop placing placing on point position postmark protect protect book protecting protecting something protection protection over protective protective layer protective piece protective sheet protective shelter protector purchase put put lid quilt quilt blanket rerecording restaurant roof setting sheet sheet topper shelter shield shielding shorter skin slide valve sofa solid square stamp steam engine tarp tent term terrain thoroughly title title author title page title photos top top book top piece topper umbrella under under something upon view warm warmth with blanket wrap wrapping
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avoiding being bleached closing pots and pans covering pages in book covering people when sleep divert suspicion hiding from view hiding things keeping germs from spreading keeping in steam keeping things safe make tent modesty prevent discovery of truth protect finish protecting against splatters protecting from hail protecting from rain protecting from sleet protecting from snow protecting from sun protecting things protection sealing separating materials
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.