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cover

1. woods or bushes providing shelter or a habitat for wild creatures

2. 

a. a blanket used on a bed for warmth

b. another word for bedspread

3. Philately

a. an entire envelope that has been postmarked

b. on cover (of a postage stamp) kept in this form by collectors

4. Pop music a version by a different artist of a previously recorded musical item

5. Cricket

a. the area more or less at right angles to the pitch on the off side and usually about halfway to the boundary

b. (as modifier): a cover drive by a batsman

c. a fielder in such a position

6. Ecology the percentage of the ground surface covered by a given species of plant

7. break cover (esp of game animals) to come out from a shelter or hiding place

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cover [′kəv·ər]

(mathematics)

An element,x, of a partially ordered set covers another elementyifxis greater thany, and the only elements that are both greater than or equal toyand less than or equal toxarexandythemselves.

also covering

(mining engineering)

The thickness of rock between the mine workings and the surface.