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Meaning cover meaning
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Synonyms cover synonyms
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Topics cover topics
What do people use cover to talk about?
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What words refer to hiding information?
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What words describe something that is hidden?
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What words refer to something that is used to hide something?
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What does the snow do?
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What words refer to snow or ice on the ground?
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What words refer to a group of plants?
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What do people do to their eyes?
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What do people do to their mouth?
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What words refer to something blocking another thing from view?
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What words refer to talking about a subject?
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What words refer to being about something or someone?
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What words refer to saving someone from trouble?save save someone's life rescue (v) come to someone's rescue mount a rescue release come to the aid of preserve life cover defend deliver ensure someone's safety extricate free guard harbor hide insurance insure keep preserve protect ransom recover retrieve safeguard safekeeping safety salvage screen secure someone's safety grant asylum shelter shield spare pick up (a survivor) get someone out of bail out throw someone a lifeline grant safe conduct
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What words refer to covering something?
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What words refer to wrapping something?
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What words refer to spreading something on another thing?
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What words refer to covering something?
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What words indicate that there is enough of something for what you need?
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What words indicate how big an area is?
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What words refer to the outside part of something?
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What words describe how many clouds are in the sky?
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What do people do to their ears so they won't hear something?
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What words refer to escaping from someone who is chasing you?
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What words refer to occupying an area?
Conjugation cover conjugation
How do you conjugate cover?
cover · verb
Present I cover
Positive I cover
Singular
1st person I cover
2nd person you cover
3rd person he/she/it covers
Plural
1st person we cover
2nd person you cover
3rd person they cover
Negative I don't cover
Singular
1st person I don't cover I do not cover
2nd person you don't cover you do not cover
3rd person he/she/it doesn't cover he/she/it does not cover
Plural
1st person we don't cover we do not cover
2nd person you don't cover you do not cover
3rd person they don't cover they do not cover
Question do I cover?
Singular
1st person do I cover?
2nd person do you cover?
3rd person does he/she/it cover?
Plural
1st person do we cover?
2nd person do you cover?
3rd person do they cover?
Negative question don't I cover?
Singular
1st person don't I cover? do I not cover?
2nd person don't you cover? do you not cover?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it cover? does he/she/it not cover?
Plural
1st person don't we cover? do we not cover?
2nd person don't you cover? do you not cover?
3rd person don't they cover? do they not cover?
Past I covered
Positive I covered
Singular
1st person I covered
2nd person you covered
3rd person he/she/it covered
Plural
1st person we covered
2nd person you covered
3rd person they covered
Negative I didn't cover
Singular
1st person I didn't cover I did not cover
2nd person you didn't cover you did not cover
3rd person he/she/it didn't cover he/she/it did not cover
Plural
1st person we didn't cover we did not cover
2nd person you didn't cover you did not cover
3rd person they didn't cover they did not cover
Question did I cover?
Singular
1st person did I cover?
2nd person did you cover?
3rd person did he/she/it cover?
Plural
1st person did we cover?
2nd person did you cover?
3rd person did they cover?
Negative question didn't I cover?
Singular
1st person didn't I cover? did I not cover?
2nd person didn't you cover? did you not cover?
3rd person didn't he/she/it cover? did he/she/it not cover?
Plural
1st person didn't we cover? did we not cover?
2nd person didn't you cover? did you not cover?
3rd person didn't they cover? did they not cover?
Future I'll cover
Positive I'll cover
Singular
1st person I'll cover I will cover
2nd person you'll cover you will cover
3rd person he/she/it'll cover he/she/it will cover
Plural
1st person we'll cover we will cover
2nd person you'll cover you will cover
3rd person they'll cover they will cover
Negative I won't cover
Singular
1st person I won't cover I will not cover
2nd person you won't cover you will not cover
3rd person he/she/it won't cover he/she/it will not cover
Plural
1st person we won't cover we will not cover
2nd person you won't cover you will not cover
3rd person they won't cover they will not cover
Question will I cover?
Singular
1st person will I cover?
2nd person will you cover?
3rd person will he/she/it cover?
Plural
1st person will we cover?
2nd person will you cover?
3rd person will they cover?
Negative question won't I cover?
Singular
1st person won't I cover? will I not cover?
2nd person won't you cover? will you not cover?
3rd person won't he/she/it cover? will he/she/it not cover?
Plural
1st person won't we cover? will we not cover?
2nd person won't you cover? will you not cover?
3rd person won't they cover? will they not cover?
Conditional I'd cover
Positive I'd cover
Singular
1st person I'd cover I would cover
2nd person you'd cover you would cover
3rd person he/she/it'd cover he/she/it would cover
Plural
1st person we'd cover we would cover
2nd person you'd cover you would cover
3rd person they'd cover they would cover
Negative I wouldn't cover
Singular
1st person I wouldn't cover I would not cover
2nd person you wouldn't cover you would not cover
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't cover he/she/it would not cover
Plural
1st person we wouldn't cover we would not cover
2nd person you wouldn't cover you would not cover
3rd person they wouldn't cover they would not cover
Question would I cover?
Singular
1st person would I cover?
2nd person would you cover?
3rd person would he/she/it cover?
Plural
1st person would we cover?
2nd person would you cover?
3rd person would they cover?
Negative question wouldn't I cover?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I cover? would I not cover?
2nd person wouldn't you cover? would you not cover?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it cover? would he/she/it not cover?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we cover? would we not cover?
2nd person wouldn't you cover? would you not cover?
3rd person wouldn't they cover? would they not cover?
Present continuous I'm covering
Positive I'm covering
Singular
1st person I'm covering I am covering
2nd person you're covering you are covering
3rd person he/she/it's covering he/she/it is covering
Plural
1st person we're covering we are covering
2nd person you're covering you are covering
3rd person they're covering they are covering
Negative I'm not covering
Singular
1st person I'm not covering I am not covering
2nd person you aren't covering you're not covering you are not covering
3rd person he/she/it isn't covering he/she/it's not covering he/she/it is not covering
Plural
1st person we aren't covering we're not covering we are not covering
2nd person you aren't covering you're not covering you are not covering
3rd person they aren't covering they're not covering they are not covering
Question am I covering?
Singular
1st person am I covering?
2nd person are you covering?
3rd person is he/she/it covering?
Plural
1st person are we covering?
2nd person are you covering?
3rd person are they covering?
Negative question aren't I covering?
Singular
1st person aren't I covering? am I not covering?
2nd person aren't you covering? are you not covering?
3rd person isn't he/she/it covering? is he/she/it not covering?
Plural
1st person aren't we covering? are we not covering?
2nd person aren't you covering? are you not covering?
3rd person aren't they covering? are they not covering?
Past continuous I was covering
Positive I was covering
Singular
1st person I was covering
2nd person you were covering
3rd person he/she/it was covering
Plural
1st person we were covering
2nd person you were covering
3rd person they were covering
Negative I wasn't covering
Singular
1st person I wasn't covering I was not covering
2nd person you weren't covering you were not covering
3rd person he/she/it wasn't covering he/she/it was not covering
Plural
1st person we weren't covering we were not covering
2nd person you weren't covering you were not covering
3rd person they weren't covering they were not covering
Question was I covering?
Singular
1st person was I covering?
2nd person were you covering?
3rd person was he/she/it covering?
Plural
1st person were we covering?
2nd person were you covering?
3rd person were they covering?
Negative question wasn't I covering?
Singular
1st person wasn't I covering? was I not covering?
2nd person weren't you covering? were you not covering?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it covering? was he/she/it not covering?
Plural
1st person weren't we covering? were we not covering?
2nd person weren't you covering? were you not covering?
3rd person weren't they covering? were they not covering?
Future continuous I'll be covering
Positive I'll be covering
Singular
1st person I'll be covering I will be covering
2nd person you'll be covering you will be covering
3rd person he/she/it'll be covering he/she/it will be covering
Plural
1st person we'll be covering we will be covering
2nd person you'll be covering you will be covering
3rd person they'll be covering they will be covering
Negative I won't be covering
Singular
1st person I won't be covering I will not be covering
2nd person you won't be covering you will not be covering
3rd person he/she/it won't be covering he/she/it will not be covering
Plural
1st person we won't be covering we will not be covering
2nd person you won't be covering you will not be covering
3rd person they won't be covering they will not be covering
Question will I be covering?
Singular
1st person will I be covering?
2nd person will you be covering?
3rd person will he/she/it be covering?
Plural
1st person will we be covering?
2nd person will you be covering?
3rd person will they be covering?
Negative question won't I be covering?
Singular
1st person won't I be covering? will I not be covering?
2nd person won't you be covering? will you not be covering?
3rd person won't he/she/it be covering? will he/she/it not be covering?
Plural
1st person won't we be covering? will we not be covering?
2nd person won't you be covering? will you not be covering?
3rd person won't they be covering? will they not be covering?
Conditional continuous I'd be covering
Positive I'd be covering
Singular
1st person I'd be covering I would be covering
2nd person you'd be covering you would be covering
3rd person he/she/it'd be covering he/she/it would be covering
Plural
1st person we'd be covering we would be covering
2nd person you'd be covering you would be covering
3rd person they'd be covering they would be covering
Negative I wouldn't be covering
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be covering I would not be covering
2nd person you wouldn't be covering you would not be covering
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be covering he/she/it would not be covering
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be covering we would not be covering
2nd person you wouldn't be covering you would not be covering
3rd person they wouldn't be covering they would not be covering
Question would I be covering?
Singular
1st person would I be covering?
2nd person would you be covering?
3rd person would he/she/it be covering?
Plural
1st person would we be covering?
2nd person would you be covering?
3rd person would they be covering?
Negative question wouldn't I be covering?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be covering? would I not be covering?
2nd person wouldn't you be covering? would you not be covering?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be covering? would he/she/it not be covering?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be covering? would we not be covering?
2nd person wouldn't you be covering? would you not be covering?
3rd person wouldn't they be covering? would they not be covering?
Present perfect I've covered
Positive I've covered
Singular
1st person I've covered I have covered
2nd person you've covered you have covered
3rd person he/she/it's covered he/she/it has covered
Plural
1st person we've covered we have covered
2nd person you've covered you have covered
3rd person they've covered they have covered
Negative I haven't covered
Singular
1st person I haven't covered I have not covered
2nd person you haven't covered you have not covered
3rd person he/she/it hasn't covered he/she/it has not covered
Plural
1st person we haven't covered we have not covered
2nd person you haven't covered you have not covered
3rd person they haven't covered they have not covered
Question have I covered?
Singular
1st person have I covered?
2nd person have you covered?
3rd person has he/she/it covered?
Plural
1st person have we covered?
2nd person have you covered?
3rd person have they covered?
Negative question haven't I covered?
Singular
1st person haven't I covered? have I not covered?
2nd person haven't you covered? have you not covered?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it covered? has he/she/it not covered?
Plural
1st person haven't we covered? have we not covered?
2nd person haven't you covered? have you not covered?
3rd person haven't they covered? have they not covered?
Past perfect I had covered
Positive I had covered
Singular
1st person I had covered
2nd person you had covered
3rd person he/she/it had covered
Plural
1st person we had covered
2nd person you had covered
3rd person they had covered
Negative I hadn't covered
Singular
1st person I hadn't covered I had not covered
2nd person you hadn't covered you had not covered
3rd person he/she/it hadn't covered he/she/it had not covered
Plural
1st person we hadn't covered we had not covered
2nd person you hadn't covered you had not covered
3rd person they hadn't covered they had not covered
Question had I covered?
Singular
1st person had I covered?
2nd person had you covered?
3rd person had he/she/it covered?
Plural
1st person had we covered?
2nd person had you covered?
3rd person had they covered?
Negative question hadn't I covered?
Singular
1st person hadn't I covered? had I not covered?
2nd person hadn't you covered? had you not covered?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it covered? had he/she/it not covered?
Plural
1st person hadn't we covered? had we not covered?
2nd person hadn't you covered? had you not covered?
3rd person hadn't they covered? had they not covered?
Future perfect I'll have covered
Positive I'll have covered
Singular
1st person I'll have covered I will have covered
2nd person you'll have covered you will have covered
3rd person he/she/it'll have covered he/she/it will have covered
Plural
1st person we'll have covered we will have covered
2nd person you'll have covered you will have covered
3rd person they'll have covered they will have covered
Negative I won't have covered
Singular
1st person I won't have covered I will not have covered
2nd person you won't have covered you will not have covered
3rd person he/she/it won't have covered he/she/it will not have covered
Plural
1st person we won't have covered we will not have covered
2nd person you won't have covered you will not have covered
3rd person they won't have covered they will not have covered
Question +'ll I have covered?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have covered? will I have covered?
2nd person +'ll you have covered? will you have covered?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have covered? will he/she/it have covered?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have covered? will we have covered?
2nd person +'ll you have covered? will you have covered?
3rd person +'ll they have covered? will they have covered?
Negative question won't I have covered?
Singular
1st person won't I have covered? will I not have covered?
2nd person won't you have covered? will you not have covered?
3rd person won't he/she/it have covered? will he/she/it not have covered?
Plural
1st person won't we have covered? will we not have covered?
2nd person won't you have covered? will you not have covered?
3rd person won't they have covered? will they not have covered?
Conditional perfect I'd have covered
Positive I'd have covered
Singular
1st person I'd have covered I would have covered
2nd person you'd have covered you would have covered
3rd person he/she/it'd have covered he/she/it would have covered
Plural
1st person we'd have covered we would have covered
2nd person you'd have covered you would have covered
3rd person they'd have covered they would have covered
Negative I wouldn't have covered
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have covered I would not have covered
2nd person you wouldn't have covered you would not have covered
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have covered he/she/it would not have covered
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have covered we would not have covered
2nd person you wouldn't have covered you would not have covered
3rd person they wouldn't have covered they would not have covered
Question would I have covered?
Singular
1st person would I have covered?
2nd person would you have covered?
3rd person would he/she/it have covered?
Plural
1st person would we have covered?
2nd person would you have covered?
3rd person would they have covered?
Negative question wouldn't I have covered?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have covered? would I not have covered?
2nd person wouldn't you have covered? would you not have covered?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have covered? would he/she/it not have covered?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have covered? would we not have covered?
2nd person wouldn't you have covered? would you not have covered?
3rd person wouldn't they have covered? would they not have covered?
Imperative cover!
Positive
you cover!
we let's cover!
Negative
you don't cover!
we let's not cover!
Examples cover examples
How do I use cover in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
There's no cover charge.
He told a new lie to cover up an old one.
Who removed the cover?
We advanced under cover of darkness.
A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
Cover your head when you are in the sun.
The price of this article does not cover the cost of its manufacture.
Ten thousand yen will not cover the expenses.
I cover twenty miles a day.
One hundred dollars will cover all your expenses for the trip.
Cover the potatoes with cold water and bring to the boil.
Cover the potatoes with cold water and bring to a boil.
I read the book from cover to cover.
Cover up the injured man with this blanket.
One thousand dollars will cover all the expenses for the party.
Cover the seeds with a little earth.
He escaped under cover of the darkness.
He read the book from cover to cover.
Movie subtitles
All I have to do now is count the number of blades of grass in that little two-inch square and then multiply by the number of squares that would cover this whole field.
Did you cover it up cleanly?
Yeah, those would definitely cover most of my nipples.
And as cover-ups go, any one of them could've done it.
Yeah, Mike. Unofficially speaking, the fox has broken cover.
And, we still have to cover off Victoria Speigleman and Neil Bloom.
I always wondered how he managed to cover the whole globe in one night.
It was a harrowing scene as families took cover from several hundred rounds of ammunition Sunday evening.
Did you procure a second pair to cover your tracks?
Can you please get somebody to cover for you so you can help me break my kids?
Why did you cover for Henry Gowen?
You were comfortable asking me to cover it up.
Cover him up.
Once I've found him, be ready to give me and the Senator some cover fire.
You'll blow my cover.
If the Blessed are controlling the world from the shadows, they shouldn't be happy about having their cover blown.
That is a lot of ground to cover.
Looks like my cover's been blown.
Cover her mouth.
The Pavlovich brothers burnt that chopper to cover up evidence.
Cover them with tarpaulin.
Cover them!
It'd be a change from feathers. They always cover me in them!
He is the only white man to cover every acre.
Just a cover charge.
Cover this.
What happens if it's safe for us, if it becomes safe for us to go home, to break cover?
Under the cover of her fashion store, she operates a dating club.
There'll be no cover charge.
Get cover!
A grenade, take cover!
Just cover me with leaves and tell my mother I died with her name on my lips.
Cover this over.
I thought I could cover it.
News and current affairs
Without them, fast-growing seaweed quickly monopolizes space on the reef, preventing restoration of healthy quantities of coral cover.
Because corals provide the habitat structure on which other reef organisms depend, the decreases in coral cover lead to big decreases in a reef's biodiversity.
In 2005, the UN Millennium Project recommended specific ways to scale up primary health care in the poorest countries, with the high-income countries helping to cover the costs that the poorest could not pay by themselves.
But what the Arab countries couldn't do with military support, they were able to do by providing political cover for the military intervention led by the US, Britain, and France.
Some mortgages even had negative amortization: payments did not cover the interest due, so every month the debt grew more.
Why didn't the American press corps cover the Bush administration properly for its first five years?
To cover the costs of aging and maintain its position as an economic power, Europe must increase overall labor participation considerably.
Above all, regulators would force financiers to hold more cash on hand to cover their own bets, and not rely so much on taxpayers as a backstop.
The markets for these products are still small, but they have strong growth potential, and their further development would enhance insurance companies' ability to cover risks of major international disasters.
Therefore, all countries, both developed and developing, need to do their part, with rich countries helping poor countries cover the financial costs of adjustment.
The social-security system is to be extended to cover all workers and farmers.
Yet the UN Environment Programme's first adaptation report, released in Lima, showed that the world remains wholly unprepared to cover the costs of adaptation.
Under the cover of silence, gays refrain from provoking the conflicts that a more vocal advocacy of homosexuality would bring.
A clean sweep, however, will ultimately be good for stocks and certainly much better than cover-up and lingering doubts about what the books really look like.
Two problems need to be addressed: the credibility of Greece's fiscal stabilization program, and how to cover the country's medium-term financing gap.
The 1976 plan called for sustainable logging and basic forest-fire control, but war intervened, costing Afghanistan half its forest cover.
Developed countries are thus morally obliged to pay partial compensation to poor and vulnerable countries and regions to cover part of the cost of the investments needed to adapt to climate change.
But no one has so far argued that the cost of damage caused to the development prospects of poor countries and regions is less than the amount of compensation being offered to cover adjustment costs.
Of course, assessments do not cover every important skill or attitude.
In the United States, health insurers cover the cost only if a first-degree relative - for example, a woman's mother - has had a history of breast or ovarian cancer; other women must pay out of pocket.
And Putin has to resort to ever more belligerent nationalism to cover up the social and economic deficiencies of his rule.
A glimmer of hope is Europe's willingness to use the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) imaginatively - as equity or first-loss cover.
The defense agreement signed in November by France and the United Kingdom is composed of two treaties, which cover joint deployment of their armed forces, nuclear deterrence, and improved equipment and communications.
But that should be the clear aim, with IMF assistance along the way to provide interim funding where necessary and political cover for governments obliged to take tough decisions on public spending and taxation.
Regulators then shifted to edicts requiring banks to maintain a specified capital cushion, thick enough to cover potential losses.
China's government has apparently begun to appreciate the limitations of cover-ups and stonewalling, and perhaps also the merits of allowing some room for free speech.
The logo on the Bulletin's cover is a clock, the proximity of whose hands to midnight indicates the editors' judgment of the precariousness of the world situation.