cover

ˈkʌvɚ

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#1·2h ago

The top sheet of a bed.

The captain signalled his best fielder from short leg to cover.

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#2·2h ago

(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

There's a $15 cover tonight.

Origin: From , borrowed from (modern ), from , from , from co- + operiō. Displaced native and bethecchen (from , beþeccan), (from ), (from ), (from ). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with and. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·2h ago

The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

We need to set another cover for the Smith party.

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