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      [英 [ˈkʌvə(r)] 美 [ˈkʌvɚ] ]

      cover的意思、解释

      过去式:covered;   过去分词:covered;   现在分词:covering;   复数形式:covers;

cover 基本解释

      动词遮盖; 掩蔽; 涉及; 洒上

      名词封面; 掩护; 覆盖物; 避难所

cover 相关词组

      1. under plain cover : 以普通信封寄发;

      2. under cover : 隐藏着;

      3. break cover : 从隐藏处出来;

      4. from cover to cover : 从头至尾;

      5. cover in : 封盖;

      6. cover over : 遮没;

      7. under separate cover : 在另函中;

      8. under the cover of : 趁着, 以...为幌子;

      cover是什么意思

cover 相关例句

      及物动词

      1. The police are covering all road out of town.

      警察已监视住出城的所有道路。

      2. cover在线翻译

      2. These regulations cover such cases.

      这些规定适用于这类情况。

      3. The police had the criminal covered.

      警察瞄准了罪犯。

      4.

      4. Dust covered the furniture.

      家具上满是灰尘。

      名词

      1. The land was flat and treeless and provided no cover for the troops.

      该地平坦而又没有树木,军队无法隐蔽。

cover 情景对话

      保险

      A:Here. Take these pills (three times/ twice/ ten times) every (day/ an hour/ thirty minutes).

      这个,这种药每(天/小时/半小时)服用(3次/两次/10次)。

      B:Does my insurance cover them?

      是由保险金支付吗?

      申请签证

      A:Why do you want to go to U.K.?

      你为什么要去英国?

      B:I want to study for a doctorate.

      我要去攻读博士学位。

      A:How long do you intend to stay in U.K.?

      你打算在英国呆多久?

      B:About two years.

      大约两年。

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      A:Does your scholarship cover the whole two years?

      整个两年你都有奖学金吗?

      B:Yes, it does.

      是的,都有。

      A:Where will you live?

      你将住在哪儿?

      cover在线翻译

      B:I hope to live on the university campus. I have a letter here from my professor about accommodation.

      我希望住在学校内。我的老师就住宿问题给我写了一封信。

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      A:May I have a look? Thanks. Is your family going with you?

      可以让我看看吗?谢谢。你的家属是不是跟你一起去?

      B:Oh, no, I am going alone.

      哦,不,只有我一个人去。

      保险

      A:Now that we’re about to own a house, I think we should get it covered.

      我们快拥有一所房子了,我想我没应该给房子买保险。

      B:Yes, I talked with an insurance saleswoman about it yesterday.

      是的,昨天我和一个保险销售人员谈过了。

      A:You did?

      你谈了?

      B:Sure. She said that once we finalize the sale, we just need to make an appointment with her.

      是的,她说一旦我们定下来,我们只需和她约个时间。

      A:How long will it take to get covered?

      保险需要多久能生效?

      cover是什么意思

      B:I believe the insurance policy will kick in immediately.

      我想保单很快能生效。

      A:That’s great. Did you pick up any brochures.

      太好了,你拿资料手册了吗?

      cover是什么意思

      B:Not yet.

      还没。

      A:Maybe we could start reading up on the different policies now. I heard that many of the homes that were damaged during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans weren’t covered.

      或许我们可以开始阅读一些不同的保单,我听说在飓风袭击新奥尔良时许多住宅被毁,但保单没有涉及这种情况。

      B:You’re kidding! Did they have some home insurance or did home insurance just not cover floods?

      你开玩笑,他们上了家庭保险么,家庭保险不包括水灾么?

      A:Most of the policies didn’t cover floods.

      多数保单不包括水灾。

      B:I guess we should make sure to read the fine print very carefully. Shall we go there now?

      我想我们应该把册子看仔细一些,我们现在就去?

      A:Why not? I have nothing better to do.

      为什么不呢?没有比这更好的。

cover 网络解释

      1. 覆盖:这个部门的金融分析师(Equity Analysts)覆盖(Cover)不同的经济生产行业的公司和股票. 卖方的金融分析师的主要职能是为作为买方(Buy Side)的共同基金提高市场分析,收取佣金(Commissions). 同时,卖方的市场分析师要跟自己覆盖的公司管理层搞好关系,

      2.

      2. 补位:共计18分.英国青年队很努力迎战体格魁武意大利青年队.第一个达阵是英国队在攻击最顺畅的上半场第17分钟,英国队将球向外展开在8号球员Ellis从后补位(cover)接球后,摆脱2个tackles,

      3. 补偿:而FDIC则保证如有任何贷款人不还钱而终于法拍(foreclosure)或短售(short sale)其房产,FDIC将补偿(cover)其80%至95%的损失. 但关键的一点是,当计算其损失时,不是根据其实际购买的价格,而是根据最初的贷款额. 比方说,$478,

      4. 盖:本试验法之目的系提供电工产品在运输、储存及使用期间,遭受降水(falling drops)、冲水(impacting water)或浸水(immersion)时之试验方法,以验证封盖(cover)与密封之能力,使元件及装备在标准降水场试验中或之后仍能正常工作.

cover 双语例句

      1. cover的意思

      1. The flashing stars cover the sky once and again. I can only count the sparkling ones silently, thinking of those sunny days with you.

      光芒闪烁的星群,一次次覆盖我的天空,我只有默数着那一束束晶莹,想想我所有的日子都因你而充满阳光。

      2. cover

      2. According to the NHTSA`s Web site, the recall is due to a faulty drive shaft cover plate that could lead to a detached drive shaft.

      根据美国国家公路交通安全局的网站,此次召回是由于错误的传动轴盖板可能导致脱离传动轴。

      3. A solid-state area illumination lighting apparatus, including a plurality of light sources, each light source having, a substrate; an organic light emitting diode layer deposited upon the substrate, the organic light emitting diode layer including first and second electrodes for providing electrical power to the OLED layer; an encapsulating cover covering the OLED layer; and first and second conductors located on the substrate and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and extending beyond the encapsulating cover for making electrical contact to the first and second electrodes by an external power source; and a lighting fixture for removably receiving and holding the plurality of light sources and having a plurality of first electrical contacts for making electrical connection to the first and second conductors of the light sources, and second electrical contacts for making electrical connection to an external power source.

      一种固态面照明发光装置,包括多个光源,每一个光源具有一个基质;沉积在所述基质上的有机发光二极管层,所述有机发光二极管层包括第一和第二电极,用于向OLED层提供电力;覆盖OLED层的密封盖;以及位于所述基质上的与所述第一和第二电极形成电连接的第一和第二导体,并且所述导体延伸到所述密封盖外面,以便通过外部电源与所述第一和第二电极形成电接触;和用于可除去地接收并保持所述多个光源的照明器材,并且具有用于与所述光源的第一和第二导体形成电连接的多个第一电接点,以及用于与所述外部电源形成电连接的第二电接点。

      4. Women do not care about too much, only in the wind and rain comes, he can cover for you the rain, that is good man, you are operating a family, in the conquest of a man, living out your style of bar.

      女人不要计较太多,只有在风雨来临的时候,他能为你遮风雨,就是个好男人,你是在经营一个家庭,在征服一个男人,活出你的风采了吧。

      5. To cover the rate increase.

      增加遮盖率。

      6. cover的意思

      6. Paper Industry Application: kaolin paper is the first industrial application, is the best paint, Flake its structure, the quality of its hydrophilic and good cover rate, as the preferred paper industry paints.

      造纸工业的应用:高岭土是造纸工业应用最早,也是最好的颜料之一,它的片状结构,优质的亲水性和良好的遮盖率,使之成为造纸工业的首选颜料。

      7. Pure acrylic paint: super cover rate, high-quality coated layer can play a protective effect; can be low-temperature construction.?

      100%纯丙烯酸涂料:超强遮盖率,涂一层即可起到优质的保护效果;可低温施工。

      8. If it is necessary to run cable across the floor, cover the cable with cable protectors.

      如果是必须运行电缆地板,涵盖了有线与有线电视的保护者。

      9. The semi-autonomous submarine has water sealed hull comprising transparent pressure-proof glass cover and main hull; video camera capable of rotating in several directions and LCD screen inside the glass cover; underwater video camera, operating handle and keyboard for diver to use; imaging sonar in the bottom for detecting sea bed topography; control computer, gyroscope, cell and driving motor inside the main hull; one pair of stabilizing prow wings and one pair of stern hydroplanes for stabilizing navigation direction and regulating the depth of the submarine separately; one pair of auxiliary propellers capable of rotating in vertical planes to provide the submarine with vertical lift and auxiliary running function and horizontal steering performance; two main propellers and one pair of stern fins for stable navigation; and optical cable for the data transmission between the submarine and the mother ship.

      一种半自主式潜水器,首部的透明耐压玻璃罩与主艇体的耐压壳一起构成水密外壳,玻璃罩内装有可多方位旋转的摄像机和液晶显示屏,主艇体上设置载人工况时供潜水员使用的水下摄像机、操纵手柄和键盘,底部装有用于探测海底地形的成像声纳,主艇体内有控制计算机、定位导航的陀螺仪、电池、主推进电机,一对首稳定翼和一对尾水平舵分别用来稳定航向及调整潜水器的上升和下潜,一对可在垂直平面内旋转的辅助推进器可为潜水器提供垂直升降和辅助前进的功能,并且可改善潜水器在水平面内的转向性能,潜水器尾部并排设置两个主推进器,在主推进器的垂直方向上设置一对垂直尾鳍,进一步保证航向稳定,光缆为潜水器与母船之间提供双向数据传输。

      10. The thesis discusses the traditional opinion about the objective of women who received the education in the article of 〈He Dong Shi Zi Hou〉, subsequently extends the discussion to cover the sexual relationships of society at that time.

      分别讨论〈河东狮子吼〉当中对於女子接受教育的目的之传统看法,继而延伸探讨当时社会的男女关系。

      11. Our company specializes in proxy Esky Products, ESKY, from design, development, research and sales all kinds of model products, its products cover electric helicopter, oil moving helicopter, foam aircraft, wooden aircraft, electric, oil-dynamic models and a variety of model electronic remote control system.

      我公司专业从事代理ESKY产品,ESKY从设计、开发、研制、销售各种模型产品,其产品范围涉及电动直升机,油动直升机,泡沫飞机,木制飞机,电动、油动车模以及各种模型所需的电子遥控系统。

      12. They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.

      24:8 在山上被大雨淋湿,因没有避身之处就挨近磐石。

      13. cover的近义词

      13. HONG KONG HOMISH Co. Limted is situated at the business world trade centre -- HONG KONG of China. Since our company was establisied, our products have won good reputation among customers. Our company specializes in the genuine leather and the cloth sofa cover, leather bed and leather tea-table industry.

      香港舍居家俬有限公司地处交通便利的国际金融中心--香港,自公司创业以来,深受各界用户的赞誉,本公司是专业从事生产高档真皮、布艺沙发、皮床及皮茶几的实业公司。

      14.

      14. If you set the screen black frame other than white Halo, or choose to cover plate is also set to scan the picture have included does not belong to the quadrochromatic.

      如果不兵画面以边的不暗边、暗边或者盖板也拔取到设定扫描边界之边,则画面洋已包罗了不属于该草稿的新闻不步不天。

      15. They probably were the youngest cover-girls in the history of men glossies.

      这真是一场疯狂的摄影,

      16. Wall clocks must be quoted in open front pizza box with plastic cover over hands.

      壁钟必须被引述在开放前面薄饼箱子里以塑料盖子在手。。

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      17. Cover models benefit from touchup in the design stage.

      设计阶段的影像处理让封面模特儿获益良多。

      18. When King Kong and Jack stand both sides of the world, and the thick civilization separate them, King Kong never cover up his love, and shout for his love, but Jack control his love by the intellect, everything in the nothing.

      当金刚和杰克站在世界的两端,厚厚的文明撕开了他们,金刚从来不掩饰他的爱,而且为爱而咆哮,但是杰克却用智慧控制了自己的感情,一切尽在不言中。

      19. Should the priest then, on examining him, find that the leprosy does cover his whole body, he shall declare the stricken man clean; since it has all turned white, the man is clean.

      司祭查看他,若见癞疮遮盖了他全身,就应声明患者是洁净的;因为全身变白,便是洁净的。

      20. Can you give me a hand to cover this?

      你能帮我把这个盖上吗?

cover 词典解释

      1. 遮盖;掩蔽

      If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.

      cover什么意思

      e.g. Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid...

      用大小合适的盖子盖住砂锅。

      e.g. He whimpered and covered his face...

      他掩面抽泣。

      2. 盖在…上面;铺在…上面

      If one thing covers another, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.

      cover什么意思

      e.g. His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye...

      他伸手去触摸遮住左眼的黑眼罩。

      e.g. His head was covered with a khaki turban.

      他头上包着卡其布的穆斯林头巾。

      3. 盖;覆盖;遮住

      If one thing covers another, it forms a layer over its surface.

      e.g. The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky...

      云彩扩散开来,几乎遮住了整个天空。

      e.g. Two oil slicks are covering a total area of seven square miles...

      两层浮油漂浮在7平方英里的区域上。

-covered

      ...chocolate-covered biscuits.

      有巧克力外层的饼干

      4. 用…遮盖;把…铺在…上

      To cover something with or in something else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface.

      e.g. The trees in your garden may have covered the ground with apples, pears or plums...

      你花园里的果树也许已经落了一地的苹果、梨或李子。

      e.g. She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac.

      她在墙上贴满了十二星座的标志。

      5. 行走(一段路程)

      If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance.

      e.g. It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol...

      就那么点儿汽油很难开10英里。

      e.g. It covered the distance in 28 hours compared with the train's six days.

      它走这一段要用28小时,与之相比火车要用6天。

      6. (用枪等)掩护

      To cover someone or something means to protect them from attack, for example by pointing a gun in the direction of people who may attack them, ready to fire the gun if necessary.

      e.g. You go first. I'll cover you.

      你先撤,我掩护你。

      7. (飞机等的)掩护,防护

      Cover is protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example by aircraft.

      e.g. They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.

      他们声称无法为地面军事行动提供充分的空中掩护。

      8. 躲避处;避难所;庇护所

      Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone.

      e.g. Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.

      查尔斯点燃了导火索,他们便赶紧四处躲避。

      e.g. ...barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover.

      没有树木和其他遮蔽物的荒芜之地

      9. 给…保险

      An insurance policy that covers a person or thing guarantees that money will be paid by the insurance company in relation to that person or thing.

      e.g. Their insurer paid the £900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it...

      虽然严格来讲保险单并不包含这一项,他们的保险公司还是支付了那张900英镑的账单。

      e.g. These items are not covered by your medical insurance...

      这些项目不在你的医保范围之内。

      10. (保险公司的)保险

      Insurance cover is a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed.

      e.g. Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.

      确保该公司上了足够的保险。

      11. (法律)适用于,涉及

      If a law covers a particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them.

      e.g. The law covers four categories of experiments...

      该法规适用于4类试验。

      e.g. Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act.

      像其他商品一样,纯种狗的买卖同样受《货物买卖法》的约束。

      12. (在演讲、课程或书中)讨论,涉及

      If you cover a particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book.

      e.g. The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry...

      《牛津化学初级读本》丛书旨在论述有机化学中的重要问题。

      e.g. Other subjects covered included nerves and how to overcome them.

      所涉及的其他主题包括焦虑及如何克服。

      13. 报道

      If journalists, newspapers, or television companies cover an event, they report on it.

      e.g. Robinson was sent to Italy to cover the 1990 World Cup...

      鲁宾逊被派到意大利报道1990年的世界杯比赛。

      e.g. The US news media will cover the trial closely.

      美国新闻媒体将对该审判进行追踪报道。

      14. (钱)足以支付,够付

      If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it.

      e.g. Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration...

      将它寄到指定地址,并附上1.50英镑以支付邮资和管理费。

      e.g. Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.

      那笔钱甚至都不够赔偿破损费。

      15. 覆盖物;套子;罩子;盖子

      A cover is something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it.

      e.g. ...a family room with washable covers on the furniture.

      家具上套有可清洗外罩的家庭娱乐室

      e.g. ...a duvet cover.

      羽绒被罩

      16. 被子;毯子;床单;床罩

      The covers on your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you.

      e.g. She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers.

      她放下杯子,钻进被子里。

      17. (书刊的)封面,封皮

      The cover of a book or a magazine is the outside part of it.

      e.g. A few years ago, David Byrne was on the cover of Time magazine.

      几年前,大卫·拜恩曾登上《时代》周刊的封面。

      e.g. ...a small spiral-bound booklet with a green cover...

      有绿色封皮的螺旋装订的活页小册子

      18. (对秘密或违法之事的)掩盖,掩饰

      Something that is a cover for secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities.

      e.g. They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery...

      他们建立起一座为淫秽活动作掩护的假寺庙。

      e.g. As a cover story he generally tells people he is a freelance photographer.

      为掩饰身份,他一般对外称自己是一名自由摄影师。

      19. (通过提供假信息或不完全的信息来)遮掩,掩盖,包庇

      If you cover for someone who is doing something secret or illegal, you give false information or do not give all the information you have, in order to protect them.

      e.g. Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?

      她为什么要包庇想要杀她的人呢?

      20. 代替,顶替(某人工作)

      If you cover for someone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there.

      e.g. She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who went ill or took holiday.

      她没有足够的护士来顶替那些生病或休假的人工作。

      21. 翻唱(歌曲)

      To cover a song originally performed by someone else means to record a new version of it.

      e.g. He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs.

      其他艺术家翻唱他的歌曲,一定使他过上了收入颇为可观的生活。

      22. 同 cover version

      A cover is the same as a cover version .

      cover是什么意思

      e.g. The single is a cover of an old Rolling Stones song.

      这支单曲是滚石乐队的一首老歌的翻唱。

      23. see also: covered;covering

      24. 揭露,揭示(真实身份或工作的真实性质)

      To blow someone's cover means to cause their true identity or the true nature of their work to be revealed.

      e.g. Asking those kind of questions could blow my cover...

      问那种问题会暴露我的身份。

      e.g. The young man looked embarrassed, as if he were a spy whose cover had been blown.

      那个年轻人看起来局促不安,就好像他是一个身份暴露的间谍一样。

      25. (通常为到达另一地点)离开隐蔽处,冲出躲藏处

      If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.

      e.g. They began running again, broke cover and dashed towards the road.

      他们又开始跑,离开隐蔽处朝公路冲去。

      26. 躲避(炮火、轰炸或坏天气)

      If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.

      cover的解释

      e.g. Shoppers took cover behind cars as police marksmen returned fire.

      警方的射击手开火回击时,购物者们躲在汽车后面。

      27. 在…的遮掩下(躲避炮火轰炸、坏天气等)

      If you are under cover, you are under something that protects you from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.

      e.g. 'Get under cover!' shouted Billy, and we darted once more for the tables.

      “躲起来!”比利喊道,我们便又一次冲向桌子。

      28. 在…的掩护下

      If you do something under cover of a particular situation, you are able to do it without being noticed because of that situation.

      e.g. They move under cover of darkness.

      他们在黑暗的掩护下行进。

      29. 保护自己(免受批评、谴责等);辩解

      If you cover your back or cover your rear, you do something in order to protect yourself, for example against criticism or against accusations of doing something wrong.

      e.g. The canny Premier covered his back by pointing out that he was of Scottish stock.

      精明狡猾的首相辩解说自己是苏格兰血统。

      30. 同 cover your back

      Cover your ass means the same as cover your back .

      cover的近义词

      e.g. Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.

      要谨慎行事,保护好自己并保持低调。

      相关词组:cover up

cover 单语例句cover

      1. He said Sina Corp might look for partners to cover this business sector, providing great opportunities for the statistics companies.

      2. The current national insurance law mainly regulates the operations of commercial insurers and fails to cover act insurance such as agricultural insurance.

      3. By whatever means, their sole purpose is to cover the truth and eliminate any potentially unfavourable reporting.

      4. But if his career crashes and burns, they will be protected by contract provisions that cover lack of production and death.

      5. Mix and knead by hand to soft dough, then cover it with towel and put it aside for about an hour.

      6. Hutongs flanking the east and west sides of this street are best explored by bicycle in order to cover as much ground as possible.

      7. It is learned that sponsored by a biggest matchmaking website in China, the activity will cover 50 thousand single white collars.

      8. Cab drivers regard the first eight hours of the shift as working to repay the company and to cover the cost of fuel.

      9. Caber said he believed the gunmen may have destroyed the vehicle to cover their tracks.

      10. The heaps of golden corn cover Cui Shulan's small yard under the early morning sun, waiting to be tossed into a wooden cage raised with four stilts.

      cover在线翻译cover 英英释义

      noun

      1. fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations

      e.g. artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal

      Synonym: covering fire

      2. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

      e.g. the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft

      Synonym: coveringscreeningmasking

      3. a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)

      e.g. her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment

      4. the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

      e.g. the book had a leather binding

      Synonym: bindingbook bindingback

      5. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

      e.g. he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep

      Synonym: blanket

      6. a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else

      e.g. they made a cover of a Beatles' song

      Synonym: cover versioncover song

      7. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

      e.g. a screen of trees afforded privacy

      under cover of darkness

      the brush provided a covert for game

      the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background

      Synonym: screencovertconcealment

      8. covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

      e.g. he removed the top of the carton

      he couldn't get the top off of the bottle

      put the cover back on the kettle

      Synonym: top

      9. a natural object that covers or envelops

      e.g. under a covering of dust

      the fox was flushed from its cover

      Synonym: coveringnatural covering

      10. a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink

      Synonym: cover charge

      verb

      1. clothe, as if for protection from the elements

      e.g. cover your head!

      Synonym: wrap up

      2. sit on (eggs)

      e.g. Birds brood

      The female covers the eggs

      Synonym: broodhatchincubate

      3. protect by insurance

      e.g. The insurance won't cover this

      Synonym: insureunderwrite

      4. be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

      e.g. Snow reported on China in the 1950's

      The cub reporter covered New York City

      Synonym: report

      5. maintain a check on

      especially by patrolling

      e.g. The second officer covered the top floor

      6. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

      e.g. This book deals with incest

      The course covered all of Western Civilization

      The new book treats the history of China

      Synonym: treathandleplowdealaddress

      7. hold within range of an aimed firearm

      8. protect or defend (a position in a game)

      e.g. he covered left field

      9. be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game

      10. play a higher card than the one previously played

      e.g. Smith covered again

      11. form a cover over

      e.g. The grass covered the grave

      Synonym: spread over

      12. provide with a covering or cause to be covered

      e.g. cover her face with a handkerchief

      cover the child with a blanket

      cover the grave with flowers

      13. put something on top of something else

      e.g. cover the meat with a lot of gravy

      Synonym: overlay

      14. copulate with a female, used especially of horses

      e.g. The horse covers the mare

      Synonym: breed

      15. cover as if with a shroud

      e.g. The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery

      Synonym: shroudenshroudhide

      16. travel across or pass over

      e.g. The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

      Synonym: traversetrackcrosspass overget overget acrosscut throughcut across

      17. spread over a surface to conceal or protect

      e.g. This paint covers well

      18. hide from view or knowledge

      e.g. The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House

      Synonym: cover up

      19. be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of

      e.g. Is this enough to cover the check?

      20. to take an action to protect against future problems

      e.g. Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself

      21. help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities

      e.g. She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week

      22. invest with a large or excessive amount of something

      e.g. She covered herself with glory

      23. include in scope

      include as part of something broader

      have as one's sphere or territory

      e.g. This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds

      this should cover everyone in the group

      Synonym: embraceencompasscomprehend

      24. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

      e.g. he is compensating for being a bad father

      Synonym: compensateovercompensate

      25. provide for

      e.g. The grant doesn't cover my salary

      26. span an interval of distance, space or time

      e.g. The war extended over five years

      The period covered the turn of the century

      My land extends over the hills on the horizon

      This farm covers some 200 acres

      The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles

      Synonym: continueextend