mentioned ft M ( r~ S J& jM ) : By sunset we had covered thirty miles. lU 0 ^ N" fStf] B ^ T HA» 0 They walked for a long time and covered a good deal of

ground. ft   ITM-Mo

7 [VN] to spread over the area mentioned M ( — jf H |R ) : The reserve covers an area of some 1 140 square kilometres.     1 1.40 #1.

►                 REPORT NEWS 1ftif fff |ft] 8 [VN] to report on an event for

television, a newspaper, etc.; to show an event on tele­vision 1ft if ; f£, M 1ft il : She’s covering the party’s annual conference.         o

The BBC will cover all the major games of the tourna­ment.

►                 FOR SB ft A 9 [V] ~ for sb to do sb’s work or duties

while they are away ft#, M#, #1M

AIR ft! ) : I’m covering for Jane while she’s on leave, fgj 10 [V] ~ for sb to invent a lie or an excuse that will stop sb from getting into trouble (          ) Jilt, «SM,

IHn: I have to go out for a minute—will you cover for me if anyone asks where I am? ft##

►                 WITH INSURANCE UVk 11 ~ sb/sth (against/for sth) to

protect sb against loss, injury, etc. by insurance Pft: [VN] Are you fully covered for fire and theft? # fliSr o [VN to inf] Does this policy

cover my husband to drive?

►                 AGAINST BLAME Krillla ft; 12 [VN] ~ yourself (against sth)

to take action in order to protect yourself against being blamed for sth %J$im$ft%) ( W&S B&jf ) : One reason doctors take temperatures is to cover them­selves against negligence claims. E         J it W S. —AM

►                 WITH GUN ftjm 13 [VN] to protect sb by threatening to

shoot at anyone who tries to attack them HifP: Cover me while I move forward.      ftfjfto 14 [VN] to aim a

gun at a place or person so that nobody can escape or shoot nmusit ( $&*'ABT»IB]&?F*& ) : The police covered the exits to the building.

1£ W tb P o o Don’t move—we’ve got you covered! A"#

►                 SONG ^     • 15 [VN] to record a new version of a song

that was originally recorded by another band or singer »P|       ) : They’ve

covered an old Rolling Stones number, fid 18 f*I T Aif;

fT5T?71 cover all the 'bases to consider and deal with all the things that could happen or could be needed when you are arranging sth J^[£; ffi®Mft cover your 'back (informal) (NAmE also cover your 'ass, taboo, slang) to realize that you may be blamed or criticized for sth later and take action to avoid this        Kr

itftf ® JALdla ftr: Get everything in writing in order to cover your back. —- if] J? ±L A }§[, JA £6 fs &<, cover your tracks to try and hide what you have done, because you do not want other people to find out about it MM i B (tf]ft&: He had attempted to cover his tracks by making her death appear like suicide. MHM’

toftt:mjj Mk%ft°

— more at multitude EZHOQ .cover sth->in to put a covering or roof over an open space (      ) $£

MM, MM .cover sth-^'over to cover sth completely so that it cannot be seen ( % A ) M ft , j® fi ES1Z1 conceal : The Roman remains are now covered over by office buildings.

f±0 cover 'up | .cover yourself 'up to put on more clothes jjp ( ^          .cover sth~ up 1 to

cover sth completely so that it cannot be seen ( yzft ) lift, i®ft: He covered up the body with a sheet, ftfeffl —l^fftJ^LlEF'fcMATo 2 (disapproving) to try to stop people from knowing the truth about a mistake, a crime, etc. f&M (  — related noun

COVER-UP * noun

►                 PROTECTION/SHELTER     1 [C] a thing that is

put over or on another thing, usually to protect it or to decorate it H M $9 ; 1$; $c ^          # A; W--f: o cushion

cover ||^ oa plastic waterproof cover for the stroller

—picture o laboratory — see also dust cover, loose cover 2 [u] a place that provides shelter from bad weather or protection from an attack IS jg&t; ig$£M;  Everyone ran for

cover when it started to rain.

MAiSIffio 0 The climbers took cover from the storm in a cave.   ft Lb PM l&iMMMo o After the

explosion the street was full of people running for cover.

►                 OF BOOK ft 3 [C] the outside of a book or a magazine

( ftfJW )      the front/back cover ft / ffe

0 Her face was on the cover (= the front cover) of every magazine. ## & M       M A j£ , O He always

reads the paper from cover to cover (= everything in it).

►                  INSURANCE     4 (Brf) (NAmE cov-er-age) [U] ~ (against

sth) protection that an insurance company provides by promising to pay you money if a particular event happens (       accident cover ^

<> cover against accidental damage

►                 WITH WEAPONS Si# 5 [U] support and protection that is provided when sb is attacking or in danger of being attacked M ; Kf : The ships needed air cover (= protection by military planes) once they reached enemy waters.

►                 TREES/PLANTS A ; fit/ 6 [U] trees and plants that grow on an area of land (

$9, i M ft : The total forest cover of the earth is decreasing.          &ffifftlEfEMAo

►                 CLOUD/SNOW A :     7 [U] the fact of the sky being

covered with cloud or the ground with snow ( AM

) i®M; ( If (ft ) Sit: Fog and low cloud cover are expected this afternoon. Mif4*ATAMo 0 In this area there is snow cover for six months of the year.

►                 ON BED A A 8 the covers [pi.] the sheets, blankets,

etc. on a bed A#•; JA^; HA; She threw back

the covers and leapt out of bed.

►                 SONG 9 [C] = COVER VERSION

►                 HIDING STH M 10 [C, usually sing.] ~ (for sth) activities

or behaviour that seem honest or true but that hide sb’s real identity or feelings, or that hide sth illegal ( ft ft fth  ) ftJi, Mtfp: His work as a civil

servant was a cover for his activities as a spy.

o Her over-confident atti­tude was a cover for her nervousness. ft

® Alt A'tf0 o It would only take one phone

call to blow their cover (= make known their true identities and what they were really doing).

►                 FOR SB’S WORK 11 [U] the fact of sb doing

another person’s job when they are away or when there are not enough staff ft#Afb;        ## : It’s the

manager’s job to organize cover for stajfwho are absent.

M       ^iWo O Ambulance

drivers provided only emergency cover during the dispute.

tm ir ar A        r

IT»T^1 break 'cover to leave a place that you have been hiding in, usually at a high speed

under 'cover 1 pretending to be sb else in order to do sth secretly (

H, n^M#: a police officer working under cover Rt 2 under a structure that gives protection from the weather £ -T (   ) under (the) cover

of sth hidden or protected by sth it • •• {ft    U.

) A : Later, under cover of darkness, they crept into the house.  TifT^A under

separate 'cover (business M) in a separate envelope ftj m ■ The information you requested is being forwarded to you under separate cover. M£> lil^AMlc$r!4o — more at judge v.

cov-er-age /'kAvarid3/ noun [U] 1 the reporting of news and sport in newspapers and on the radio and televi­sion iff mil: media/newspaper/press coverage M ^/m^/mfj^mjl <> tonight’s live coverage of the hockey game        2 the range or

quality of information that is included in a book or course of study, on television, etc. ( AF iffi# FL A