What is the meaning of covered?

verb

  • Provide with a covering or cause to be covered.
    • usage: "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
  • Form a cover over.
    • usage: "The grass covered the grave"
  • Span an interval of distance, space or time.
    • usage: "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
  • Provide for.
    • usage: "The grant doesn't cover my salary"
  • Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.
    • usage: "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
  • Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.
    • usage: "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"
  • Travel across or pass over.
    • usage: "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
  • Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.
    • usage: "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City"
  • Hold within range of an aimed firearm.
  • To take an action to protect against future problems.
    • usage: "Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself"
  • Hide from view or knowledge.
    • usage: "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
  • Protect or defend (a position in a game. )
    • usage: "he covered left field"
  • Maintain a check on; especially by patrolling.
    • usage: "The second officer covered the top floor"
  • Protect by insurance.
    • usage: "The insurance won't cover this"
  • Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities.
    • usage: "he is compensating for being a bad father"
  • Invest with a large or excessive amount of something.
    • usage: "She covered herself with glory"
  • Help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities.
    • usage: "She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week"
  • Be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of.
    • usage: "Is this enough to cover the check"
  • Spread over a surface to conceal or protect.
    • usage: "This paint covers well"
  • Cover as if with a shroud.
    • usage: "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
  • Copulate with a female, used especially of horses.
    • usage: "The horse covers the mare"
  • Put something on top of something else.
    • usage: "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"
  • Play a higher card than the one previously played.
    • usage: "Smith covered again"
  • Be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game.
  • Sit on (eggs. )
    • usage: "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
  • Clothe, as if for protection from the elements.
    • usage: "cover your head"

adjective

  • Overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form.
    • usage: "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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