cover

Definitions

• A lid.
• (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
• The front and back of a book, magazine, compact CD package, etc.
• The top sheet of a bed.
• A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
• A cover charge.
• A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
• (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• (legal) 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.
• (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
• (dated) A swindler's confederate.
• The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.