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cover up

cov·er up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuhv-er uhp]
    • /ˈkʌv ər ʌp/
    • /ˈkʌvə(r) ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuhv-er uhp]
    • /ˈkʌv ər ʌp/

Definitions of cover up words

  • phrasal verb cover up If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them. 3
  • phrasal verb cover up If you cover up something that you do not want people to know about, you hide the truth about it. 3
  • countable noun cover up A cover-up is an attempt to hide a crime or mistake. 3
  • noun cover up concealment or attempted concealment of a mistake, crime, etc 3
  • verb cover up to cover completely 3
  • verb cover up to attempt to conceal (a mistake or crime) 3

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Origin of cover up

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30; noun use of verb phrase cover up

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Parts of speech for Cover up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cover up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for cover up

noun cover up

  • conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
  • complicity — Complicity is involvement with other people in an illegal activity or plan.
  • burial — A burial is the act or ceremony of putting a dead body into a grave in the ground.
  • concealment — Concealment is the state of being hidden or the act of hiding something.
  • whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.

verb cover up

  • tighten — make more snug or secure
  • tie — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
  • fix — to repair; mend.
  • secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
  • nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.

Antonyms for cover up

verb cover up

  • loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
  • unfasten — to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
  • untie — to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.

noun cover up

  • honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
  • truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
  • frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
  • peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.

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