Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To conceal or disguise.

    The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.

    vertuschen

  2. (idiomatic)To clothe; to conceal one's private parts.

    Cover up, slut!

  3. (idiomatic)To put covers over oneself in bed.

    Please cover up and go to sleep now.

More definitions
  • hide from view or knowledge

Examples

101 sentences
  1. Cover it up.

    Накрий його.

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  2. Tom is covering up for me.

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  3. Tom tried to cover up his mistake.

    ruТом пытался скрыть свою ошибку.

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  4. Can we please just cover this up with something?

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  5. It's a good idea to cover up when the sun is this strong.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
to conceal or disguise:

Forms

covers up, covering up, covered up, covered up
Base formcover up · to cover up
3rd person singularcovers up
Present participlecovering up
Past simplecovered up
Past participlecovered up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycover up
he, she, itcovers up

Past simpleLesson

all personscovered up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave covered up
he, she, ithas covered up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cover up

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hide from view or knowledge:cover

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcover-up

See also

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