A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
The top sheet of a bed.
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
A cover charge.
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
A lid.
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 goods contracted for.
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
To provide insurance coverage for.
To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
To act as a replacement.
To deal with or include someone or something.
To be enough money for.
To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
To have as an assignment or responsibility.
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 remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
To protect or control (a piece or square).
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To appear before.
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).