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    Definitions

    1 | verb | provide with a covering or cause to be covered 2 | verb | form a cover over 3 | verb | span an interval of distance, space or time 4 | verb | provide for 5 | verb | act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression 6 | verb | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory 7 | verb | travel across or pass over 8 | verb | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism (36 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    k'uhver (IPA: kˈʌvɝ)

    Hyphenation

    cov-er (5 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1150 AD (High Middle ages) (875 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 1621st most common (1 in 8850 words) (57% verb | 43% noun)

    spoken: 1127th most common (1 in 10204 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    covered | covering | covers

    Synonyms

    spread over | continue | extend | address | deal | handle | plow | treat | comprehend | embrace | encompass | cross | cut across | cut through | get across | ... (total: 48)

    Antonym

    uncover

    Narrower terms

    aluminise | aluminize | apply | bank | bark | bedaub | beplaster | besmear | bind | blacklead | blanket | blindfold | blinker | block out | board up | ... (total: 186)

    Broader terms

    adjoin | contact | meet | touch | be | fulfil | fulfill | live up to | satisfy | broach | initiate | include | go across | go through | pass | ... (total: 85)

    Rhymes

    discover | hover | lover | recover | rediscover | shover | uncover | undercover (total: 8) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    caver | clover | coven | covert | coves | covet | covey | Dover | hover | lover | mover | rover | Rover (total: 13)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    air cover | bed cover | cloud cover | cover charge | cover crop | cover for | cover girl | cover glass | cover letter | cover plate | ... (total: 24)

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