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verbIf you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid.He whimpered and covered his face.Keep what's left in a covered container in the fridge.If one thing covers another, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye.His head was covered with a khaki turban.combining form in adjectiveIf one thing covers another, it forms a layer over its surface.The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky.Two oil slicks are covering a total area of seven square miles.The desk was covered with papers....chocolate-covered biscuits.To cover something with or in something else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface.The trees in your garden may have covered the ground with apples, pears or plums.She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac.If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance.It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.It covered the distance in 28 hours compared with the train's six days.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.You go first. I'll cover you.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.Their insurer paid the £900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it.These items are not covered by your medical insurance.You should take out travel insurance covering you and your family against theft.If a law covers a particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them.The law covers four categories of experiments.In the US, the matter is covered by the Copyright Act of 1976.If you cover a particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book.The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry.Other subjects covered included nerves and how to overcome them.If journalists, newspapers, or television companies cover an event, they report on it.Robinson was sent to Italy to cover the World Cup.The U.S. news media will cover the trial closely.If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it.Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration.Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.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.Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?If you cover for someone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there.She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who went ill or took holiday.To cover a song originally performed by someone else means to record a new version of it.He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs.nounCover is protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example by aircraft.They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone.Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover....barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover.Insurance cover is a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed.Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.A cover is something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it....a family room with washable covers on the furniture....a duvet cover.The covers on your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you.She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers.The cover of a book or a magazine is the outside part of it.He was the second jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time magazine....a small spiral-bound booklet with a green cover.I used to read every issue from cover to cover.Something that is a cover for secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities.They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery.As a cover story he generally tells people he is a freelance photographer.A cover is the same as a cover version .The single is a cover of an old Rolling Stones song. A2

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definition	verb If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it. Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid. He whimpered and covered his face. Keep what's left in a covered container in the fridge. If one thing covers another, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it. His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye. His head was covered with a khaki turban. combining form in adjective If one thing covers another, it forms a layer over its surface. The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky. Two oil slicks are covering a total area of seven square miles. The desk was covered with papers. ...chocolate-covered biscuits. To cover something with or in something else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface. The trees in your garden may have covered the ground with apples, pears or plums. She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac. If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance. It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol. It covered the distance in 28 hours compared with the train's six days. 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. You go first. I'll cover you. 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. Their insurer paid the £900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it. These items are not covered by your medical insurance. You should take out travel insurance covering you and your family against theft. If a law covers a particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them. The law covers four categories of experiments. In the US, the matter is covered by the Copyright Act of 1976. If you cover a particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book. The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry. Other subjects covered included nerves and how to overcome them. If journalists, newspapers, or television companies cover an event, they report on it. Robinson was sent to Italy to cover the World Cup. The U.S. news media will cover the trial closely. If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it. Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration. Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages. 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. Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her? If you cover for someone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there. She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who went ill or took holiday. To cover a song originally performed by someone else means to record a new version of it. He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs. noun Cover is protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example by aircraft. They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations. Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone. Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover. ...barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover. Insurance cover is a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed. Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate. A cover is something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it. ...a family room with washable covers on the furniture. ...a duvet cover. The covers on your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you. She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers. The cover of a book or a magazine is the outside part of it. He was the second jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. ...a small spiral-bound booklet with a green cover. I used to read every issue from cover to cover. Something that is a cover for secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities. They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery. As a cover story he generally tells people he is a freelance photographer. A cover is the same as a cover version . The single is a cover of an old Rolling Stones song.
inflections	coverscoveringcovered-covered
cefr-level	A2

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