Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Latin operiō
Latin cooperiō
Old French covrirbor.
Middle English coveren
English cover
From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
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 Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
(not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Translations (14)
cmn 封面 (about cover of a book or magazine) · sv cover- (concerning a cover version) · bg кори́чен (about cover of a book or magazine) · hu címoldali (about cover of a book or magazine) · fi cover- (concerning a cover version) · hu fedél- (about cover of a book or magazine) · pl okładkowy (about cover of a book or magazine) · es de cubierta (about cover of a book or magazine) · ru обло́жечный (about cover of a book or magazine) · fi kansi- (about cover of a book or magazine) · sv -omslag (about cover of a book or magazine) · hu címlap- (about cover of a book or magazine) · hu címoldal- (about cover of a book or magazine) · kk мұқаба (about cover of a book or magazine)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Latin operiō
Latin cooperiō
Old French covrirbor.
Middle English coveren
English cover
From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
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 Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A lid.
(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.
(countable, uncountable) The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
(countable, uncountable) The top sheet of a bed.
(countable, uncountable) A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
(India, countable, uncountable) A bag or packet.
(countable, uncountable) A cover charge.
There's a $15 cover tonight.
(countable, uncountable) A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
(countable, uncountable) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
The captain signalled his best fielder from short leg to cover.
(countable, uncountable) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
The covers were put on just before lunch.
(countable, uncountable) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
(countable, uncountable) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
He was brought in as cover for wicketkeeper.
(countable, uncountable) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.
(countable, uncountable) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
(countable, uncountable) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
(countable, uncountable) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
(countable, uncountable) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
(countable, uncountable) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
(countable, dated, uncountable) A swindler's confederate.
(countable, uncountable) The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
(countable, uncountable) In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
(countable, uncountable) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
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hu védelem (hiding) · uz choyshab (lid) · fr couvert (setting at a restaurant table) · es cobertor (top sheet) · it lenzuolo piano (top sheet) · hy շապիկ (front and back of a book or a magazine) · fr couverture (front and back of a book or a magazine) · fr couverture (top sheet) · da omslag (front and back of a book or a magazine) · fi peite (topology: family of sets) · ca tapa (lid) · nl omslag (front and back of a book or a magazine) · az qapaq (lid) · it copertura (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · fi vakuutusturva (insurance contract) · hu címoldal (front and back of a book or a magazine) · hu huzat (top sheet) · de Cover (front and back of a book or a magazine) · grc σκέπη (hiding) · it finanziamento (cover charge) · sh pòklopac (lid) · cmn 掩體 /掩体 (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · ko 겉장 (front and back of a book or a magazine) · hu fedél (lid) · gu મુખપૃષ્ઠ (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sl platnica (front and back of a book or a magazine) · km គំរប (lid) · hu boríték (philately: complete envelope) · da entréafgift (cover charge) · sv inträde (cover charge) · no deksel (lid) · ha murfi (lid) · es cobertero (lid) · fi kansi (lid) · ja 掩蔽 (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · ko 뚜껑 (lid) · es tapadera (lid) · es carátula (front and back of a book or a magazine) · es cubierta (front and back of a book or a magazine) · uk обкла́динка (front and back of a book or a magazine) · pl okładka (front and back of a book or a magazine) · pl przykrycie (hiding) · kk мұқаба (front and back of a book or a magazine) · az üz (front and back of a book or a magazine) · it assicurazione (insurance contract) · ceb tabon (lid) · hu belépti díj (cover charge) · tr kapak (lid) · es cubrimiento (lid) · sh skrovište (hiding) · ca coberta (front and back of a book or a magazine) · fi peite (top sheet) · hu borító (front and back of a book or a magazine) · nl deksel (lid) · sh náslovnica (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sv framsida (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ru укры́тие (hiding) · az ağızlıq (lid) · tr sofra takımı (setting at a restaurant table) · zza kapağ (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sh sklonište (hiding) · es cubierto (setting at a restaurant table) · gd còmhdach (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sh prekrivač (top sheet) · da dæksel (lid) · sh по̀клопац (lid) · ru покрыва́ло (top sheet) · pl ukrycie (hiding) · es abrigaño (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · mk корица (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sl kritje (hiding) · ga clúdach (front and back of a book or a magazine) · uk покрива́ло (top sheet) · ka ხუფი (lid) · it barriera (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · bg прибо́ри (setting at a restaurant table) · az daldalanacaq (hiding) · es abrigadero (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · it garanzia (insurance contract) · pt cobertura (topology: family of sets) · sv skydd (lid) · el καπάκι (lid) · lt apklotas (top sheet) · es tapador (lid) · hu fedezék (hiding) · hu terítő (top sheet) · sv lock (lid) · bg капа́к (lid) · pt cobertor (top sheet) · he כיסוי (hiding) · lv vāks (lid) · es cubierta (lid) · it nascondiglio (hiding) · th ปก (front and back of a book or a magazine) · da gemmested (hiding) · hu belépődíj (cover charge) · ru обло́жка (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sh kàpak (lid) · pl przykrycie (lid) · tr kuver (setting at a restaurant table) · vi bìa (front and back of a book or a magazine) · gd còmhdach (top sheet) · fa جِلْد (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ar غِلَاف (front and back of a book or a magazine) · it coperto (setting at a restaurant table) · hu teríték (setting at a restaurant table) · lv apsegs (top sheet) · sv övertäckning (topology: family of sets) · be кры́шка (lid) · bg куве́рт (cover charge) · cmn 床罩 (top sheet) · de Deckel (lid) · sl pokrovka (lid) · grc πῶμα (lid) · es amparo (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · bg похлупа́к (lid) · hy խուփ (lid) · pt esconderijo (hiding) · pl wieko (lid) · uk укриття́ (hiding) · it copertura (hiding) · sv överkast (top sheet) · ru входна́я пла́та (cover charge) · la operculum (lid) · he כִּסּוּי (hiding) · th ฝา (lid) · it coperta (top sheet) · lv apklājs (top sheet) · hy ծածկոց (top sheet) · pt reserva (setting at a restaurant table) · it copertura assicurativa (insurance contract) · ckb سھرقاپ (lid) · ga clúdach (lid) · fr couvercle (lid) · ja カバー (lid) · fa پوشش (lid) · la suffugium (hiding) · de Einband (front and back of a book or a magazine) · pt capa (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ar غِطَاء (lid) · cmn 封面 (front and back of a book or a magazine) · te దుప్పటి (top sheet) · sl pokrov (lid) · fi piilo (hiding) · de Deckung (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · fi päiväpeitto (top sheet) · lv sega (top sheet) · mn хавтас (lid) · de Überdeckung (topology: family of sets) · ko 덮개 (lid) · ja カバー (top sheet) · de Abdeckung (lid) · sq kapak (lid) · be по́крыўка (top sheet) · eo tegilo (lid) · lo ກວມເອົາ (lid) · fi kansi (front and back of a book or a magazine) · uk обго́ртка (front and back of a book or a magazine) · xcl կափարիչ (lid) · sk obálka (front and back of a book or a magazine) · da dækning (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · nl cover (front and back of a book or a magazine) · nl inkom (cover charge) · ga cumhdach (a cloth or similar material used to protect underlying items from dust, sunlight, insects etc. when not being used) · ko 커버 (top sheet) · hu sapka (lid) · cs obálka (front and back of a book or a magazine) · tl pantakip (lid) · hu tető (lid) · sv gömställe (hiding) · it coperchio (lid) · el εξώφυλλο (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sc manta (top sheet) · cs příbor (stolní) (setting at a restaurant table) · it busta primo giorno di emissione (philately: complete envelope) · ko 표지 (front and back of a book or a magazine) · es guarimiento (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · it protezione (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · cs víko (lid) · az sığıncaq (hiding) · pl pościel (top sheet) · he מִכְסֶה (lid) · ccp 𑄔𑄣𑄴 (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ja 蓋 (lid) · da kuvert (setting at a restaurant table) · si ආවරණය (lid) · mi taupoki (lid) · cmn 蓋子 /盖子 (lid) · it polizza (insurance contract) · sq mbuloj (front and back of a book or a magazine) · hu fedés (topology: family of sets) · az üz qabığı (front and back of a book or a magazine) · zza kapağ (lid) · lt viršelis (front and back of a book or a magazine) · fa رو پوشانی (hiding) · tr örtü (top sheet) · de Gedeck (setting at a restaurant table) · pt coberta (top sheet) · nl sprei (top sheet) · sv gömma (hiding) · sh korice (front and back of a book or a magazine) · az sığınaq (hiding) · ko 엄폐물 (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · ota قپاق (lid) · mk капак (lid) · ko 커버 (lid) · hu menedék (hiding) · gl cuberta (lid) · az cild (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ko 커버 (front and back of a book or a magazine) · nl kap (lid) · cmn 蓋 /盖 (lid) · de Versteck (hiding) · be по́крыва (top sheet) · fi kattaus (setting at a restaurant table) · fi kuori (philately: complete envelope) · be ве́чка (lid) · es colcha (top sheet) · ru укры́тие (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · eo kovrilo (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ja カバー (front and back of a book or a magazine) · he כְּרִיכָה (front and back of a book or a magazine) · hu fedő (lid) · mba taklob (lid) · pt taxa inclusa (cover charge) · be укрыццё (hiding) · lt dangtis (lid) · pl kapa (top sheet) · uk кри́шка (lid) · af skuiling (hiding) · bg кори́ца (top sheet) · tl takip (lid) · fi pääsymaksu (cover charge) · sk veko (lid) · hy կափարիչ (lid) · pl narzuta (top sheet) · mi poreku (a cloth or similar material used to protect underlying items from dust, sunlight, insects etc. when not being used) · sh на́словница (front and back of a book or a magazine) · mi kōpaki (front and back of a book or a magazine) · da låg (lid) · de Umschlag (front and back of a book or a magazine) · es tapa (front and back of a book or a magazine) · pl napiwek wliczony (cover charge) · uz qoplama (lid) · mn бүрээс (lid) · ru кры́шка (lid) · bg укри́тие (hiding) · pt tampa (lid) · xcl խուփ (lid) · it copertina (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sl pogrinjek (setting at a restaurant table) · sk viečko (lid) · pl przykrywka (hiding) · es cubertura (lid) · mba tabon (lid) · es cobertor (lid) · km គ្រប (lid) · ru прибо́ры (setting at a restaurant table) · it sbarramento (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · it copriletto (top sheet) · gl tapa (lid) · cmn 罩 (lid) · mn бүрээс (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · pl nakrycie (setting at a restaurant table) · af voorblad (front and back of a book or a magazine) · es guarida (hiding) · it coperto (cover charge) · af dekking (lid) · sv pärm (front and back of a book or a magazine) · es portada (front and back of a book or a magazine) · tr giriş ücreti (cover charge) · hu rejtekhely (hiding) · hu ágytakaró (top sheet) · hu fedél (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ko 입장료 (cover charge) · nl kaft (front and back of a book or a magazine) · nl dekking (hiding) · af agterblad (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ja ブックカバー (front and back of a book or a magazine) · de Decke (top sheet) · lt paslėpti (hiding) · be во́кладка (front and back of a book or a magazine) · ga cumhdach (lid) · lv vāks (front and back of a book or a magazine) · hu fedezék (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · es funda (lid) · ja 表紙 (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sh ка̀пак (lid) · eo fermoplato (lid) · hy կազմ (front and back of a book or a magazine) · te మూత (lid) · fi suoja (hiding) · mr झाकण (lid) · ota طباق (lid) · nl entree (cover charge) · hu burkolat (lid) · fi suoja (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · it copertura finanziaria (cover charge) · es escondrijo (hiding) · hu belépő (cover charge) · hu takaró (top sheet) · hu kupak (lid) · az örtük (top sheet) · tr kapak (front and back of a book or a magazine) · bg подвързи́я (front and back of a book or a magazine) · sv omslag (front and back of a book or a magazine) · es salvamento (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · de Deckung (hiding) · it copertura (insurance contract) · it difesa (military: solid object that provides protection from enemy fire) · cmn 書皮 /书皮 (front and back of a book or a magazine) · hu biztosítás (insurance contract) · ca funda (a cloth or similar material used to protect underlying items from dust, sunlight, insects etc. when not being used) · sh pokrivač (top sheet) · vi nắp (lid)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Latin operiō
Latin cooperiō
Old French covrirbor.
Middle English coveren
English cover
From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
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 Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.
Meanings
(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
He covered the baby with a blanket.
When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.
(transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies. 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
The blanket covered the baby.
A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
(transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
(transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
(dated, intransitive) To put on one's hat.
All the while he held his hat in his hand; and even until he had given his answer, when he covered and bade us be. 1904, Rawdon Lubbock Brown, Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts:
(transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.
the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland 1842, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy:
(of a publication, transitive) To have under one’s scope or purview. ▸ To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
(transitive) To have under one’s scope or purview. ▸ To deal with or include someone or something.
Richard Morgan covers science for The Economist, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired. 2010 (publication date), "Contributors", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 7
(transitive) To have under one’s scope or purview. ▸ To have as an assignment or responsibility.
He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.
Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead.
(transitive) To have under one’s scope or purview. ▸ To provide insurance coverage for.
Does my policy cover accidental loss?
(transitive) To be enough money for.
We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
Ten dollars should cover lunch.
(transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
Dad, when I get to University, will I be covered?
(intransitive) To act as a replacement.
I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
(transitive) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
I wish that popular afternoon show would let us cover some of their commercials – their national stuff can be so annoying.
(transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
I'm surprised that the band covered this Beatles song so well.
(transitive) To protect, to guard. ▸ To protect from attack in general, to guard.
Pent up in Utica he vainly forms
A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs,
And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs
A feeble Army, and an empty Senate,
Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
(transitive) To protect, to guard. ▸ To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
(transitive) To protect, to guard. ▸ To protect or control (a piece or square).
In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.
(transitive) To protect, to guard. ▸ To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
(transitive) To protect, to guard. ▸ To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
(transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
The stallion has not covered the mare yet.
I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.
Among animals in a domesticated or confined state it is easy to find evidence of homosexual attraction, due merely to the absence of the other sex. This was known to the ancients; the Egyptians regarded two male partridges as the symbol of homosexuality, and Aristotle noted that two female pigeons would cover each other if no male was at hand. 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
(transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
(transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
November 22 — Owing to bad weather all machines flew at a height of 5,000 feet and covered the 90 miles in just 90 minutes . November 23 — During fourth lap ... 1915, Aerial Age:
It had covered better than 840 miles in just a few hours more than seven days.32 The apparently clumsily managed shuffle through the various railroad nets ... 1989, Robert K. Krick, Parker's Virginia Battery, C.S.A.:
(ambitransitive, dated) To arrange plates, etc. on (a table) in preparation for a meal.
[…] he told plaintiff he would cover the table, and furnish it the same as the one he was sitting at, and that he should be waited upon and served the same as those on the other side of the room. 1892, George Chase, Leading Cases Upon the Law of Torts, page 46:
[…] the chef can send a runner to see why not and if the waiter has forgotten about the order, a runner can cover and serve. 1989, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, volume 180, page 83:
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whakapūngenengene (to conceal or protect) · ko 덮다 (to conceal or protect) · hu lefed (to be or set upon all of, so as to completely conceal) · ga cumhdaigh (to conceal or protect) · hy ծածկել (provide enough money for) · sip བཀབ (to conceal or protect) · nl bestijgen (copulate (of animals)) · fr couvrir (to conceal or protect) · sv täcka (to conceal or protect) · fr couvrir (protect by shooting) · fr parcourir (to traverse a certain distance) · fi mainita (discuss, mention, deal with) · hu takar (to be or set upon all of, so as to completely conceal) · uk покри́ти (to conceal or protect) · fur cuvierzi (to conceal or protect) · mi tāuhi (to conceal or protect) · he כיסה (to conceal or protect) · nl behandelen (discuss, mention, deal with) · be пакры́ць (to conceal or protect) · es tapar (to conceal or protect) · hu betakar (to be or set upon all of, so as to completely conceal) · txb wāl- (to conceal or protect) · mfe kouver (to conceal or protect) · th กรูม (to conceal or protect) · 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completely conceal) · de zurücklegen (to traverse a certain distance) · pl zakrywać (to conceal or protect) · mn бүтээх (to conceal or protect) · hu kiterjed (to provide insurance coverage for) · es abrigar (to conceal or protect) · hu beborít (to be or set upon all of, so as to completely conceal) · sv betäcka (copulate (of animals)) · ar غَطَّى (to conceal or protect) · ota اورتمك (to conceal or protect) · hu áll (provide enough money for) · es mencionar (discuss, mention, deal with) · sh покрити (to conceal or protect) · th กำบัง (to conceal or protect) · be прыкрыва́ць (to conceal or protect)