Cover
(v. t.) To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another |
Cover
(v. t.) To envelop |
Cover
(v. t.) To invest (one's self with something) |
Cover
(v. t.) To hide sight |
Cover
(v. t.) To brood or sit on |
Cover
(v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger |
Cover
(v. t.) To remove from remembrance |
Cover
(v. t.) To extend over |
Cover
(v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on. |
Cover
(v. t.) To copulate with (a female) |
Cover
(n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing |
Cover
(n.) Anything which veils or conceals |
Cover
(n.) Shelter |
Cover
(n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game |
Cover
(n.) The lap of a slide valve. |
Cover
(n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture |
Cover
(v. i.) To spread a table for a meal |
Cover-point
(n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Cover-shame
(n.) Something used to conceal infamy. |
Head-hunter
(n.) A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters. |
Hunter
(n.) One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food |
Hunter
(n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase |
Hunter
(n.) A horse used in the chase |
Hunter
(n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game |
Hunter
(n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting. |
Hunter
(n.) A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. |
Spring
(v. i.) To leap |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring
(v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring
(v. i.) To fly back |
Spring
(v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring
(v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring
(v. i.) To grow |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring
(v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring
(v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring
(v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring
(v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring
(v. i.) A leap |
Spring
(v. i.) A flying back |
Spring
(v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring
(v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring
(v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring
(v. i.) Any active power |
Spring
(v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring
(v. i.) A race |
Spring
(v. i.) A youth |
leap
leaping
spring
saltation
bound
bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
| air cover | the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations |
watch
vigil | a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
listening watch
continuous receiver watch | a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch |
| 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 |
| vigil watch | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
| watch night | a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve) |
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 |
| cover | a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent), her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment |
| cover-up | concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public |
| spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
leopard frog
spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper
Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
| spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
| spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
| air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
| analog watch | a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial |
bedspread
bedcover
bed cover
bed covering
counterpane
spread | decorative cover for a bed |
binding
book binding
cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
blanket
cover | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed, he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep |
| box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring
volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
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 |
cover glass
cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
| cover plate | covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
crystal
watch crystal
watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
| digital watch | a watch with a digital display |
| dust cover | a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment |
| dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
floor cover
floor covering | a covering for a floor |
fob
watch chain
watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
| fob watch pocket | a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch |
hunter
hunting watch | a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal |
| leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
lens cap
lens cover | cap used to keep lens free of dust when not in use |
| manhole cover | a flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street) |
| mattress cover | bedclothes that provide a cover for a mattress |
| pendulum watch | (th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it |
| pocket watch | a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket |
protective covering
protective cover
protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
record sleeve
record cover | a sleeve for storing a phonograph record |
screen cover covert
concealment | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something, a screen of trees afforded privacy, under cover of darkness, the brush provided a covert for game, the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background |
set gun
spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
| spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
| spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance
spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
| spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
stopwatch
stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
| 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 |