All cover up synonyms
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C c verb cover up
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
- overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- snuff out — the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- gloss over — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
- patrol — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
- oversee — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- defend — If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- pass out — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- supervise — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- misguide — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- deposit — A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.
noun cover up
- illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- ruse — a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
- trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- subterfuge — an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- 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.
- guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- tall tale — far-fetched story
- falsity — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- misstatement — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- perjury — the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
- untruth — the state or character of being untrue.
- dishonesty — lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
- fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
- fakery — the practice or result of faking.
- facade — Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
- presence — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- air — Air is the mixture of gases which forms the Earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.