Cover
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A lid. The hiding from view. The front and back of a book or magazine. The top sheet of a bed. A cover charge. A setting at a restaurant table. A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song. A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30 forward of square; a fielder in this position. A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set. An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc. A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire. In commercial law, a buyer's purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for. An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To place something over or upon to conceal or protect. To feature, discuss, or mention. To provide enough money for. To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist). To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing. To provide insurance coverage for. to copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
Example sentence: Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.
Hatch
Part of speech: verb
Definition: (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.To devise. (hatch a plan)To shade an area of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines, particularly with lines which cross each other: cross-hatch.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.A trapdoor.An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items.A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.A narrow passageway between the decks of a ship or submarine.A gullet.A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.(Often as Mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location (to mate, having reached maturity).As in the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched." A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
Example sentence: The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.