Hypernyms for "cover"
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afghan
aluminise
aluminize
apply
bank
bark
bedaub
beplaster
besmear
bind
blacklead
blanket
blind
blindfold
blinker
block out
bloody
board up
body covering
bread
bridge
brush
butter
cake
camouflage
canopy
canvas
cap
carpet
case
chlamys
clapboard
cloak
clothe
coat
coif
concrete
constellate
course
cowl
crape
crepe
crisscross
cross
crown
crust
daub
discourse
discuss
dot
double-team
drape
drive
drown
dust
eggshell
electric blanket
enclose
encrustation
enfold
envelop
envelope
enwrap
face
feather
felt
flake
flash
flood
floral envelope
foil
ford
frost
glaciate
gloss over
grass
grass over
gravel
grease
half binding
hold
hood
hop
hush up
ice
incrustation
indemnify
indument
indumentum
indusium
integument
jacket
jaywalk
lag
laminate
lid
lime
line
mackinaw
Mackinaw blanket
manhole cover
manta
mantle
mask
mist
mist over
mound over
mulch
oil
overlap
overspread
overwhelm
paint
pall
paper
parcel
paste
perianth
pericarp
peridium
perigone
perigonium
plank
plank over
plaster
plaster over
put on
recover
reinsure
ridge
robe
roof
sac
scale
screwtop
security blanket
seed vessel
sheath
sheathe
sheet
shell
shoji
shroud
skim
sleek over
slough
smear
smother
snowcap
sod
span
splash
spray
spread
spritz
stalking-horse
steel
stick on
straw
strew
stride
stud
submerge
surface
surround
sweep
take
talk about
test
theca
theologise
theologize
three-quarter binding
tile
tramp
traverse
turf
veneer
vesture
walk
wallpaper
wash
wax
white out
whiteout
whitewash
wrap
wrap up
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.