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Definition of COVER

1

a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents <where's the cover for the cookie jar?>

Synonyms cap, lid, top

Related Words dome, hood, roof; capsule, case, casing, covering, housing, jacket, sheath, shell

2

means or method of defending <provided cover while their comrades ran for safety>

Synonyms aegis (also egis), ammunition, armor, buckler, cover, guard, protection, safeguard, screen, security, shield, wall, ward

Related Words arm, armament, munitions, weapon, weaponry; fastness, fort, fortress, palisade, stronghold

Near Antonyms aggression, assault, attack, offense (or offence), offensive

3

something that encloses another thing especially to protect it <put the restaurant menus in clear plastic covers so that they would last longer>

Synonyms armor, capsule, casing, cocoon, cover, covering, encasement, housing, hull, husk, jacket, pod, sheath, shell

Related Words cartridge, cassette (also casette); bark, crust; carapace, house, mail, panoply, plate, plating, shield; cuticle, hide, skin; envelope, package, wrapper; backing, coating, coverture, facing

4

a person or thing that takes the place of another <people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first>

Synonyms backup, cover, designated hitter, fill-in, locum tenens, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub

Related Words alternate, understudy; apology, makeshift, stopgap; agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative, surrogate; assistant, reliever, second; successor, superseder

5

a raised covering over something for decoration or protection <all of the exhibits at the fair are under cover, so the weather won't be a factor>

Synonyms awning, ceiling, cover, roof, tent

Related Words dome, marquee, pavilion; arbor, bower, pergola; screen, shade, shelter, shield, sunshade, umbrella; canvas (also canvass), fly

6

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth <under cover of friendship the con man insinuated himself in the lives of the unsuspecting couple>

Synonyms blanket, cope, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps

Related Words blind, concealer, screen, shield; fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse; camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer; gloss, varnish