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Noun cover has 10 senses
- screen, cover, covert, concealment - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"
--1 is a kind of covering
--1 has particulars: blind; camouflage; shoji; stalking-horse
- blanket, cover - bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
--2 is a kind of bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
--2 has particulars:
- cover, covering, screening, masking - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
--3 is a kind of concealment, concealing, hiding
- binding, book binding, cover, back - the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
--4 is a kind of protective covering, protective cover, protection
--4 is a part of book, volume
--4 has particulars: half binding; three-quarter binding
- covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"
--5 is a kind of natural object
--5 has particulars: | | scale; shell; test; body covering; sheath, case; integument; blanket, mantle; crust, incrustation, encrustation; envelope; indumentum, indument; shell; shell, eggshell; skim; slough; snowcap; vesture; peridium; pericarp, seed vessel; perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium; theca, sac; indusium; bark |
- top, cover - covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"
--6 is a kind of covering
--6 has particulars: cap; lid; manhole cover; screwtop
- cover, covering fire - fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations; "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal"
--7 is a kind of fire, firing
- cover charge, cover - a fixed charge by a restaurant or night club over and above the charge for food and drink
--8 is a kind of fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs
- cover, cover version, cover song - a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else; "they made a cover of a Beatles' song"
--9 is a kind of recording
- cover - a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent); "her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment"
--10 is a kind of concealment, concealing, hiding
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