The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cover \Cov"er\ (k?v"?r), n.
Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.
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Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. ``Under cover of the night.'' -- Macaulay.
A handsome cover for imperfections.
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Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.
Being compelled to lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire.
--Clarendon. (Hunting) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.
That portion of a slate, tile, or shingle, which is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
--Knight.(Steam Engine) The lap of a slide valve.
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[Cf. F. couvert.] A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.
To break cover, to start from a covert or lair; -- said of game.
Under cover, in an envelope, or within a letter; -- said of a written message.
Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship.
--Thackeray.
Wiktionary
a. protected by a covering or shelter
Wikipedia
Under Cover is the ninth studio album by heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. The album consists entirely of cover songs. This is Osbourne's first and only album to feature cover songs from various artists, although in 1982, Osbourne had released the live album Speak of the Devil featuring renditions of songs from his time with Black Sabbath. All but 4 songs were originally released in the box set Prince of Darkness, released earlier the same year. The additional songs on this album which are not featured in Prince of Darkness are " Rocky Mountain Way", " Sunshine of Your Love", " Woman" and " Go Now".
Under Cover is the only Osbourne album to feature the work of Alice in Chains' guitarist Jerry Cantrell, and the final Osbourne album to feature bassist Chris Wyse.
The album is also available in DualDisc format. This version contains the bonus track " Changes" (originally by Black Sabbath), performed by Osbourne and his daughter Kelly Osbourne. The DVD side contains all the songs in enhanced stereo, a documentary entitled Dinner with Ozzy and Friends, and a video for the song "In My Life".
" Mississippi Queen" was released as a promo single and peaked at number 10 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Under Cover is an American secret agent drama series that premiered on ABC on January 7, 1991. The series starred Anthony John Denison and Linda Purl as Dylan and Kate Del'Amico, a husband and wife who share the same day job—as spies for a fictional US intelligence agency.
Under Cover follows the couple's adventures as they attempt to balance the demands of a sometimes deadly profession while raising two children. The series co-starred John Rhys-Davies as Flynn, the team's gadget man (analogous to James Bond's Q) who is also a deadly assassin.
Although well received by critics and launched with a high-rated made-for-TV movie, Under Cover was adversely affected by the outbreak of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. A two-part episode had been produced involving the Del'Amicos infiltrating Iraq in the wake of its invasion of Kuwait, and culminated with an American military strike on the country. The night the first episode was scheduled to air, real-life hostilities erupted. The two-part storyline was postponed indefinitely and the series itself was effectively cancelled. Following the end of the war, the series resumed for several more episodes, but it was soon officially cancelled, though not before the pulled Iraq episode was finally broadcast. Several episodes have subsequently been edited together as TV-movies and syndicated.
Under Cover is the third solo album of Joe Lynn Turner, released in 1997. It mostly consists of covers of artists that had a great influence on Turner. On the Japanese version of the album, "Gimme Some Lovin" and "I'm Your Man" are two separate tracks instead of one.
Under Cover (also known as Fires Within) is a 1987 film directed by John Stockwell. It stars David Neidorf and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Under Cover is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Doty Hobart and Roi Cooper Megrue. The film stars Hazel Dawn, Owen Moore, William Courtleigh Jr., Ethel Fleming, Frank Losee, and Ida Darling. The film was released on July 20, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Usage examples of "under cover".
But one night, under cover of darkness, and further concealed in a most cunning disguisement, a desperate burglar slid into his happy home, and robbed them all of everything.
He could keep under cover part of the way, and much of the part above timberline was invisible from below.
But there would be such a shout for new laws that Parliament and Congress would have to do something, so it was best to keep under cover as long as possible.
A half-used bale of straw stood against it--no doubt clean bedding which, in the dry weather, had not been put back under cover.
The approach flight to the zone of operations had been made under cover of the strictest secrecy.
In my fancy I pictured a hundred vengeful foresters creeping upon us under cover of the night.
Sometime later, under cover of darkness, they pulled up to the wharf, climbed out, moved quietly through the enshrouding gloom.
As we go ahead with that, I want the information from each police agency as to what kind of intelligence operatives they have working under cover, what they’.
Gradually they ended up with a whole equatorial population developing under cover of the jungle.
Hatcher said under cover of the martial music, and Tsien responded with a millimetric smile before the brief moment of privacy disappeared into the waiting tide of military protocol.
That I had my revolver in my pocket could avail me nothing, for in my pocket it must remain, since I dared to make no move to reach it under cover of that unfamiliar, terrible weapon.
So, telling the princess to lock all the doors of the bedchamber, and let no one in, he took his mattock, and with here a run, and there a halt under cover, gained the door at the head of the cellar stair in safety.
He left his house only under cover of darkness because his neighbours threw stones and spat at him whenever he appeared.
The garrison had been prepared to sell them to the Usurper, but one night Ser Willem Darry and four loyal men had broken into the nursery and stolen them both, along with her wet nurse, and set sail under cover of darkness for the safety of the Braavosian coast.
According to this little plan of theirs, the Guernsey-man, under cover of an interpreter's office, was to tell the Captain what he pleased, but as coming from Stubb.