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Cover
(Redirected from Covered) English
Etymology
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.
Noun
cover (plural covers)
- A lid
- The hiding from view.
- The front and back of a book or magazine.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- A cover version.
- A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off , about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A setting at a restaurant table.
- We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
- (mathematics) Given a set S, a covering of S is a set of sets whose union contains S.
Translations
- Dutch: omslag m, n
- Esperanto: kovrilo
- Finnish: kansi (1, 3), suoja (2), peite (4), päiväpeitto (4), cover (5)
- French: couvre , couvercle
- German: Deckel m (1), Abdeckung f (1), Deckung f (2), Einband m (3 book), Umschlag m (3 magazine), Decke f (4), Cover n (5), Überdeckung f (8)
- Ido: kovrilo
- Indonesian: tutup , lingkup , tudung , sampul
- Japanese: カバー (kabā)
- Russian: чехол m (chekhól)
- Swedish: skydd n, täcke n
Adjective
cover
- Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
- Originally recorded by one artist, but later rerecorded by another artist.
- Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Translations
- Finnish: kansi - (1), cover- (2, 3)
Verb
cover (covers, covered, covering)
- to place something over or upon to conceal or protect
- feature, discuss, or mention
- provide enough money for
- make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (military) to protect moving troops by escorting them, or by continuous, heavy firing at or in the direction of the enemy as to force them to stay in cover
Translations
- Esperanto: kovri
- Finnish: piilottaa (1), mainita (2), kattaa (3), coveroida (4, colloquial)
- German: decken (1,4), abdecken (2,3), covern (4),
- Ido: kovrar
- Indonesian: menutupi , melingkupi
- Japanese: 覆う (おおう , oou), カバー する (kabā-suru)
- Russian: покрывать /pokri'vat'/
- Swedish: täcka (1), skydda (1)
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