cover (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def provide with a covering or cause to be covered
examples cover her face with a handkerchief
cover the child with a blanket
cover the grave with flowers
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Verb Group overlay, cover; cover, spread over
Derivationally related form cover → cover
Derivationally related form cover → cover
Derivationally related form cover → covering
Antonym cover → uncover
Hyponym frost; frost; daub, smear; roof; mulch; turf; bank; carpet; carpet; board up; bedaub, besmear; bark; coat, surface; butter; wallpaper, paper; canvas; paper; oil; wax; veneer; grease; wash; line; face; feather; wrap, wrap up; spritz; felt; paste; cloak; coif; hold; jacket; foil; whiteout, white out; flash; pall; sod; bind; plank, plank over; parcel; flake; recover; hood; cowl; clapboard; canopy; bread; blinker; blindfold; aluminize, aluminise; crown; sheet; tile; lag; mask; mask, block out; mask; blanket; plaster, plaster over, stick on; plaster; paint; put on, apply; laminate; spray; brush; frost, ice; smother, surround; envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose; sheathe; crape, crepe; concrete; blacklead; grass; gravel; lime; mound over; straw; spread; drape; dust; plaster, beplaster; steel
Incoming links
Derivationally related form cover → cover
Derivationally related form covering → cover
Derivationally related form cover → cover
Verb Group cover, spread over; overlay, cover
Hypernym frost; frost; daub, smear; roof; mulch; turf; bank; carpet; carpet; board up; bedaub, besmear; bark; coat, surface; butter; wallpaper, paper; canvas; paper; oil; wax; veneer; grease; wash; line; face; feather; wrap, wrap up; spritz; felt; paste; cloak; coif; hold; jacket; foil; whiteout, white out; flash; pall; sod; bind; plank, plank over; parcel; flake; recover; hood; cowl; clapboard; canopy; bread; blinker; blindfold; aluminize, aluminise; crown; sheet; tile; lag; mask; mask, block out; mask; blanket; plaster, plaster over, stick on; plaster; paint; put on, apply; laminate; spray; brush; frost, ice; smother, surround; envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose; sheathe; crape, crepe; concrete; blacklead; grass; gravel; lime; mound over; straw; spread; drape; dust; plaster, beplaster; steel
Entailment bury; tar-and-feather; veil; smother, put out; smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
Antonym uncover → cover

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