Cover
Tamil Meaning
மூடி
உறை
மூடு
வலி கம்பிப் புதைவு ஆழம்
மேலுறை
மறை
English Meaning
- To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal.
- To overlay or spread with something: cover potatoes with gravy.
- To put a cover or covering on.
- To wrap up; clothe.
- To invest (oneself) with a great deal of something: covered themselves with glory.
- To spread over the surface of: Dust covered the table. Snow covered the ground.
- To extend over: a farm covering more than 100 acres.
- To copulate with (a female). Used especially of horses.
- To sit on in order to hatch.
- To hide or screen from view or knowledge; conceal: covered up his misdemeanors.
- To protect or shield from harm, loss, or danger.
- To protect by insurance: took out a new policy that will cover all our camera equipment.
- To compensate or make up for.
- To be sufficient to defray, meet, or offset the cost or charge of: had enough funds to cover her check.
- To make provision for; take into account: The law does not cover all crimes.
- To deal with; treat of: The book covers the feminist movement.
- To travel or pass over; traverse: They covered 60 miles in two days.
- To have as one's territory or sphere of work.
- To be responsible for reporting the details of (an event or situation): Two reporters covered the news story.
- To hold within the range and aim of a weapon, such as a firearm.
- To protect, as from enemy attack, by occupying a strategic position.
- Sports To guard (an opponent playing offense).
- Sports To defend (a position or area): cover third base; cover the backcourt.
- To match (an opponent's stake) in a wager.
- To purchase (stock that one has shorted).
- Games To play a higher-ranking card than (the one previously played).
- Music To record a cover version of (a song).
- Obsolete To pardon or remit.
- To spread over a surface to protect or conceal something: a paint that covers well.
- To act as a substitute or replacement during someone's absence: Her assistant covered for her.
- To hide something in order to save someone from censure or punishment: cover up for a colleague.
- Games To play a higher card than the one previously played.
- Something that covers or is laid, placed, or spread over or upon something else, as:
- A lid or top.
- A binding or enclosure for a book or magazine.
- A bedcover.
- A protective overlay, as for a mattress or furniture.
- Something that provides shelter.
- Strategic protection given by armed units during hostile action: The battleship approached the combat zone under a cover of fighter planes.
- Something, such as vegetation, covering the surface of the ground.
- Vegetation, such as underbrush, serving as protective concealment for wild animals.
- A layer of clouds obscuring the sky or ground.
- Something, such as darkness, that screens, conceals, or disguises. See Synonyms at shelter.
- A false background and identity, especially for a spy.
- A table setting for one person: Covers were laid for ten.
- A cover charge.
- An envelope or wrapper for mail.
- Funds sufficient to meet an obligation or secure against loss.
- One who substitutes for another.
- Music A cover version.
- cover (one's) ass Vulgar Slang To take measures to avoid being held responsible if something goes wrong.
- cover (one's) tracks To conceal traces so as to elude pursuers.
- cover (the) ground To traverse a given distance with satisfying speed.
- cover (the) ground To deal with or accomplish something in a certain manner: The history course covered a lot of ground in six weeks.
- take cover To seek concealment or protection, as from enemy fire.
- under cover In an enclosure for mailing.
- under cover Being hidden or protected, as by darkness.