cover up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To conceal or disguise.
The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.
Even when [the mechanics] didn't know how to fix everything, they never cheated anybody or covered up. So over the years they kept learning new makes and new techniques, and now can repair about anything.
1980, “Best of Boston”, in Real Paper:TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.
2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11:
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(idiomatic) To clothe; to conceal one's private parts.
Cover up, slut!
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(idiomatic) To put covers over oneself in bed.
Please cover up and go to sleep now.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| covered up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| covered up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| covering up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| covers up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (55)
cmn 掩蓋 /掩盖 (to conceal or disguise) · la operiō (to conceal or disguise) · fr dissimuler (to conceal or disguise) · ta மூடிமறை (to clothe) · la obtegō (to conceal or disguise) · cmn 蓋被子 /盖被子 (to put covers over oneself in bed) · fr couvrir (to clothe) · fi peitellä (to conceal or disguise) · pl zatuszować (to conceal or disguise) · pt encobrir (to conceal or disguise) · cmn 覆蓋 /覆盖 (to clothe) · id tutup-tutupi (to conceal or disguise) · ro ascunde (to conceal or disguise) · es cohonestar (to conceal or disguise) · fr cacher (to conceal or disguise) · hu elleplez (to conceal or disguise) · es contlapachear (to conceal or disguise) · cmn 遮蓋 /遮盖 (to clothe) · it insabbiare (to conceal or disguise) · ga cumhdaigh (to conceal or disguise) · ko 감추다 (to conceal or disguise) · it occultare (to conceal or disguise) · hu elhallgat (to conceal or disguise) · hu eltussol (to conceal or disguise) · pl tuszować (to conceal or disguise) · de vertuschen (to conceal or disguise) · cmn 掩飾 /掩饰 (to conceal or disguise) · es socapar (to conceal or disguise) · ga cumhdaigh (to clothe) · fa سرپوش گذاشتن (to conceal or disguise) · fr couvrir (to conceal or disguise) · mi tauhuna (to conceal or disguise) · es tapiñar (to conceal or disguise) · pl przykryć (to clothe) · pl ubrać (to clothe) · fi mennä peiton alle (to put covers over oneself in bed) · got 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (to conceal or disguise) · pl ubierać (to clothe) · pl przykrywać (to clothe) · sv mörklägga (to conceal or disguise) · az ört-basdır etmək (to conceal or disguise) · es encubrir (to conceal or disguise) · sv skyla (to conceal or disguise) · da mørklægge (to conceal or disguise) · mi whakapūngenengene (to clothe) · ro acoperi (to conceal or disguise) · ro mușamaliza (to conceal or disguise) · sv täcka över (to conceal or disguise) · el κουκουλώνω (to conceal or disguise) · pl zatuszowywać (to conceal or disguise) · ko 덮어버리다 (to conceal or disguise) · ta போர்த்திக்கொள் (to put covers over oneself in bed) · hu leplez (to conceal or disguise) · ta மூடிமறை (to conceal or disguise) · da skjule (to conceal or disguise)