cover – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of cover

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cover sth over
Participle: covered sth over
Gerund: covering sth over

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icover sth over
youcover sth over
he;she;itcovers sth over
wecover sth over
youcover sth over
theycover sth over

Perfect

Ihave covered sth over
youhave covered sth over
he;she;ithas covered sth over
wehave covered sth over
youhave covered sth over
theyhave covered sth over

Past

Icovered sth over
youcovered sth over
he;she;itcovered sth over
wecovered sth over
youcovered sth over
theycovered sth over

Pluperfect

Ihad covered sth over
youhad covered sth over
he;she;ithad covered sth over
wehad covered sth over
youhad covered sth over
theyhad covered sth over

Future

Iwill cover sth over
youwill cover sth over
he;she;itwill cover sth over
wewill cover sth over
youwill cover sth over
theywill cover sth over

Future Perfect

Iwill have covered sth over
youwill have covered sth over
he;she;itwill have covered sth over
wewill have covered sth over
youwill have covered sth over
theywill have covered sth over

Subjunctive

Present

Icover sth over
youcover sth over
he;she;itcover sth over
wecover sth over
youcover sth over
theycover sth over

Perfect

Ihave covered sth over
youhave covered sth over
he;she;ithave covered sth over
wehave covered sth over
youhave covered sth over
theyhave covered sth over

Imperfect

Icovered sth over
youcovered sth over
he;she;itcovered sth over
wecovered sth over
youcovered sth over
theycovered sth over

Pluperfect

Ihad covered sth over
youhad covered sth over
he;she;ithad covered sth over
wehad covered sth over
youhad covered sth over
theyhad covered sth over

Conditional

Present

Iwould cover sth over
youwould cover sth over
he;she;itwould cover sth over
wewould cover sth over
youwould cover sth over
theywould cover sth over

Perfect

Iwould have covered sth over
youwould have covered sth over
he;she;itwould have covered sth over
wewould have covered sth over
youwould have covered sth over
theywould have covered sth over

Imperative

youcover sth over
weLet's cover sth over
youcover sth over

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam covering sth over
youare covering sth over
he;she;itis covering sth over
weare covering sth over
youare covering sth over
theyare covering sth over

Perfect

Ihave been covering sth over
youhave been covering sth over
he;she;ithas been covering sth over
wehave been covering sth over
youhave been covering sth over
theyhave been covering sth over

Past

Iwas covering sth over
youwere covering sth over
he;she;itwas covering sth over
wewere covering sth over
youwere covering sth over
theywere covering sth over

Pluperfect

Ihad been covering sth over
youhad been covering sth over
he;she;ithad been covering sth over
wehad been covering sth over
youhad been covering sth over
theyhad been covering sth over

Future

Iwill be covering sth over
youwill be covering sth over
he;she;itwill be covering sth over
wewill be covering sth over
youwill be covering sth over
theywill be covering sth over

Future Perfect

Iwill have been covering sth over
youwill have been covering sth over
he;she;itwill have been covering sth over
wewill have been covering sth over
youwill have been covering sth over
theywill have been covering sth over

Conditional

Present

Iwould be covering sth over
youwould be covering sth over
he;she;itwould be covering sth over
wewould be covering sth over
youwould be covering sth over
theywould be covering sth over

Perfect

Iwould have been covering sth over
youwould have been covering sth over
he;she;itwould have been covering sth over
wewould have been covering sth over
youwould have been covering sth over
theywould have been covering sth over

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'cover'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'cover'

cove, covet, covey, cower, hover, over, aver, becover, bever, bower,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1150, from O.Fr. covrir, from L.L. coperire, from L. cooperire "to cover over," from com- intens. prefix + operire "to close, cover" (see weir). Military sense is from 1687; newspaper sense first recorded 1893; use in football dates from 1907. Betting sense is 1857. As a euphemism for "copulation of horses" it dates from 1535. Meaning "recording of a song already recorded by another" is 1966. Cover-up is from 1927. Cover girl is U.S. slang from 1915, shortening of magazine-cover girl.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
4. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
5. Proto-Italic *kom
6. Proto-Italic *kom-
7. Latin con-
8. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
9. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
10. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
11. Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-
12. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
13. Latin operiō
14. Latin cooperiō
15. Old French covrirbor.
16. Middle English coveren
17. English cover
18. From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
19. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir. See: Middle English 'coveren', Old French 'covrir', French 'couvrir', Latin 'cooperiō', Old English 'þeccan', Middle English 'helen', Old English 'helan', Old English 'wreon', Low Saxon 'hudren', Spanish 'cubrir', Portuguese 'cobrir'.

Verbs referencing "cover"

Galician cubrir, Spanish cubrir, German, old spelling covern, Ido kovrar, Morisyen kouver, Dutch coveren, Sranan kibri.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] engaged for ‘Charles Dickens, Esquire, and Lady, ’ was rendered sufficiently clear even to my scared intellect by a very small manuscript, announcing the fact, which was pinned on a very flat quilt, covering a very thin mattress, spread like a surgical plaster on a most inaccessible shelf. But that this was the state-room concerning which Charles Dickens, Esquire, and Lady, had held daily and nightly [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] they say, said to him—Tom, why don't you make tracks for Canada ? ’ ’ Ah, master trusted me, and I couldn’t,’—they told me about it. I am sorry to part with Tom, I must say. You ought to let him cover the whole balance of the debt; and you would, Haley, if you had any conscience. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] a tradesman, if I may venture to call anybody a tradesman, where everybody is a merchant, resides above his store; so that many occupations are often carried on in one house, and the whole front is covered with boards and inscriptions. As I walked along, I kept glancing up at these boards, confidently expecting to see a few of them change into something; and I never turned a corner suddenly without [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] that they lodged (they are always looking after lodgings in a pantomime ) at a very small clockmaker 's one story high, near the hotel; which, in addition to various symbols and devices, almost covering the whole front, had a great dial hanging out—to be jumped through, of course. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] ’ the very life on ’ em ? — and all the while does they feel one bit, don't dey drink and smoke, and take it oncommon easy ? Lor, if the devil don't get them, what's he good for ? ” And Aunt Chloe covered her face with her checked apron, and began to sob in good earnest. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Even while he was speaking he seemed, I thought, to have some faint idea that his talk was incoherent. Directly he had said these words, he lay down again; gave a kind of a groan; and covered his hot head with the blankets. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] between her and her pursuer. Haley therefore slowly and discontentedly returned to the little tavern, to ponder further what was to be done. The woman opened to him the door of a little parlor, covered with a rag carpet, where stood a table with a very shining black oil-cloth, sundry lank, high-backed wood chairs, with some plaster images in resplendent colors on the mantel-shelf, above a very [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The women work in covered sheds, erected for that purpose. If I remember right, there are no shops for the men, but be that as it may, the greater part of them labour in certain stone-quarries near at hand. The day being [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] his lip trembled, and could have counted the beating of his heart. I forget how it came about, but some allusion was made to his having a wife. He shook his head at the word, turned aside, and covered his face with his hands. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Tom, ” she said, “ I come to — ” and stopping suddenly, and regarding the silent group, she sat down in the chair, and, covering her face with her handkerchief, began to sob. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)