cover
/ˈkʌvɚ/ noun A1- A lid.
- Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view. · The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- 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 bag or packet.
- A cover charge. · There's a $15 cover tonight.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner. · We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
Plural covers
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I made no allusion to what had passed, and waited with some curiosity to see how he would cover his disgrace.
He dashed into the inner office with the haste of a short trying to cover.
So he kept a good distance away from the flames, and only came near to cover Dorothy with dry leaves when she lay down to sleep.
“Suffer me, also, madame,” replied Villefort, “to add my earnest request to Mademoiselle de Saint-Méran’s, that you will kindly allow the veil of oblivion to cover and conceal the past.
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