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cover up

cover up verb: to conceal or disguise.

Verb

cover up (third-person singular simple present covers up, present participle covering up, simple past and past participle covered up)

  1. (idiomatic) To conceal or disguise.
    • The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.
    • Even when [the mechanics] didn't know how to fix everything, they never cheated anybody or covered up. So over the years they kept learning new makes and new techniques, and now can repair about anything.1980, “Best of Boston”, in Real Paper
  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.

cover up meaning in Tamil, Nepali, Indonesian and Persian

cover up in Tamil

to conceal or disguise
மூடிமறை mūṭimaṟai
to clothe
மூடிமறை mūṭimaṟai
to put covers over oneself in bed
போர்த்திக்கொள் pōrttikkoḷ

cover up in Nepali

to cover up, wrap in
ओढ्नु oḍhnu

cover up in Indonesian

to conceal or disguise
tutup-tutupi

cover up in Persian

to conceal or disguise
سرپوش گذاشتن sarpuš gozâštan

Synonyms of cover up

Forms of cover up

third-person singular presentcovers up
present participlecovering up
past participlecovered up
pastcovered up

Questions about cover up

What does cover up mean?
Cover up means to conceal or disguise.
What is cover up in Tamil?
Cover up in Tamil is மூடிமறை (mūṭimaṟai), போர்த்திக்கொள் (pōrttikkoḷ). See Cover up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cover up?
Cover up is a verb.
What is the past tense of cover up?
The past tense of cover up is covered up.

Words near cover up in the dictionary

  1. cover the bases
  2. cover the buckle
  3. cover the spot
  4. cover the waterfront
  5. cover to cover
  6. cover up
  7. cover version
  8. cover versions
  9. cover zero
  10. cover'd
  11. cover-few

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cover up (page history and authors); ओढ्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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