2. subst. Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
We didn't see John because he had taken cover behind the wing chair.
3. subst. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
4. subst. The top sheet of a bed.
5. subst. A 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. subst. A cover charge.
There's a $15 cover tonight.
7. subst. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
8. subst. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
9. subst. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
10. subst. (topology) A 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. subst. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
12. subst. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
13. subst. (legal) In 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 good
14. subst. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
15. subst. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story
16. subst. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
17. subst. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
18. subst. (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
19. adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
20. adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
21. v. To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
He covered the baby with a blanket.
When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.
22. v. To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
The blanket covered the baby.
23. v. To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
24. v. To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
25. v. To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.
26. v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
27. v. To deal with or include someone or something.
28. v. To be enough money for.
We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
Ten dollars should cover lunch.
29. v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
30. v. To have as an assignment or responsibility.
Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead.
He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.
31. v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
32. v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to rem
33. v. To provide insurance coverage for.
Does my policy cover accidental loss?
34. v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.
The stallion has not covered the mare yet.
35. v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.
36. v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
37. v. (sports) To defend a particular player or area.
floor
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Etage, Stockwerk
3. [2] Fußboden, Boden, Grund
4. [3] Sohle (einer Mine, eines Flusses, eines Tals)
floor
1. subst. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
The room has a wooden floor.
2. subst. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
3. subst. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
4. subst. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
5. subst. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
6. subst. A storey/story of a building.
For years we lived on the third floor.
7. subst. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
8. subst. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
9. subst. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
10. subst. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
11. subst. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
12. subst. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
The floor of 4.5 is 4.
13. subst. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
14. subst. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
15. subst. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
16. subst. A dance floor.
17. subst. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
floor a house with pine boards
19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
