See Also: cover 2, noun(dictionary)
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cover 2, noun (oh)



2 W2S1 n
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1 ?protection?
2 ?books?
3 ?bed?
4 ?shelter?
5 ?insurance?
6 ?war?
7 ?plants?
8 ?weather?
9 ?work?
10 ?music?
11 ?secret?
12 under cover
13 under (the) cover of darkness/night
14 under plain cover/under separate cover
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?PROTECTION?
[C] something that is put on top of something else to protect it
-see also lid lid
::a blue duvet cover
::a plastic cover
::A dust cover (=to keep dirt etc off) hung over the painting.
?BOOKS?
[C] the outer front or back part of a magazine, book etc
::His photo's on the cover of Newsweek again.
front/back cover
::an advertisement on the back cover
::I read the magazine from cover to cover (=all of it) .
cover photo/shot/picture
(=picture on the front cover)
::The cover shot was of three guys in army kit.
?BED?
the covers [plural] the sheets etc that you put over yourself when you are in bed
::The covers had slipped off in the night.
?SHELTER?
[U] shelter or protection from bad weather or attack
run/dive for cover
::He was shot in the head as he ran for cover.
::We were forced to take cover in a barn.
::Three soldiers broke cover (=left the place where they were hiding) .
?INSURANCE?
[U] BrE the protection an insurance gives you, so that it pays you money if you are injured, something is stolen etc
American Equivalent: coverage
::temporary medical cover
cover against/for
::cover against fire and theft
?WAR?
[U] military protection and support given to aircraft, ships etc that are likely to be attacked
::fighters used as cover for ground troops
?PLANTS?
[U] trees and plants that grow in large numbers on a piece of land
::Once the forest cover is felled, rains wash away the soil.
::With its spreading stems, ivy makes good ground cover .
?WEATHER?
[U] clouds, snow etc that partly hide the sky or the ground
cloud/snow/fog etc cover
::Cloud cover in the morning should clear later.
?WORK?
[U] an arrangement in which people do a job or provide a service, especially because the people who normally do it are not there
-see also backup backup
::It's your responsibility to arrange adequate cover for holiday periods.
::night-time ambulance cover
?MUSIC?
also cover version
[C] a new recording of a song, piece of music etc that was originally recorded by a different artist
::She's opted to do a cover version for her first single.
?SECRET?
[C usually singular] behaviour or activities that seem normal or honest but are being used to hide something bad or illegal
cover for
::The gang used the shop as a cover for drug deals.
::All that toughness is just a cover for his inability to show affection.
under cover
a) pretending to be someone else in order to do something secretly
::She was working under cover to get information on drug gangs.
b) under a roof or other structure
::The aircraft is displayed under cover in the USAF Gallery.
under (the) cover of darkness/night
literary hidden by the darkness of night
::They escaped under cover of darkness.
under plain cover/under separate cover
if a letter etc is sent under plain cover or under separate cover, it is sent in a plain envelope or a separate envelope
::The bill will be sent to you later under separate cover.