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1.nounA lid.
2.nounArea or situation which screens a person or thing from view."The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building."
3.nounThe front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
4.nounThe top sheet of a bed.
5.nounA cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
6.nounA cover charge."There's a $15 cover tonight."
7.nounA setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner."We need to set another cover for the Smith party."
8.nounA new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
9.nounA fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
10.nounA set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set."The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers."
11.nounAn envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
12.nounA solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
13.nounIn 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.
14.nounAn insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
15.nounA persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
16.nounA swindler's confederate.
17.nounThe portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
18.nounIn a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
19.nounThe distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
20.nounThe act of dominating; the exercise of power when ruling
21.nounA ruling party; a party in power.
22.nounA high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
23.nounA fetish characterized by control/power over and discipline of one's sexual partner.