Examples:
She covered her sleeping child with a blanket.
Grass covered our father's grave.
Cover the meat with a layer of cheese.
The bandages were covered in blood.
How much of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
You have covered her with glory.
Suddenly when we were all slowing down a big shadow covered the water.
Cover your head!
The novel contains a lot of symbolism, and characters are covered in mystery.
Mappings:
VerbNet: contiguous_location-47.8,fill-9.8-1
FrameNet: Filling,Adorning,Eclipse
PropBank: cover.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 16, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26
Commentary:
NOTE: Includes abstract uses only
Examples:
The grant doesn't cover my salary.
This leaflet covers what we've just discussed in more detail.
Is this enough to cover the check?
Do these parking restrictions cover residents as well as visitors?
The new office will cover the whole of Scotland.
The book covers Greek and Roman mythology.
Local network news will cover the event with live on-site reports.
Does the insurance cover all medical expenses in full?
This law only covers commercial vehicles.
Our new reporter will be covering New York City.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Topic
PropBank: cover.01,cover.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 18
Commentary:
NOTE: Includes concrete uses only
Examples:
This farm covers some 200 acres.
The distance an airplane covers in an hour depends on which way the
wind is going.
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 7
Examples:
Officer Doyle pulled his weapon and covered his partner as she dashed down the hallway.
Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself.
Both teams covered left field with the tag-team method.
The second officer covered the second floor.
Jackson never would have gotten that shot off if Harris had covered him better.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9, 10, 12, 13, 24
Commentary: Includes: COVER UP, COVER FOR
Examples:
The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House.
She covered her mistake by changing the subject.
Who was covering for Moussaoui, and why?
Schanberg asserts John Kerry covered up MIA information in order to smooth normalization of relations with Vietnam.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: cover.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11, 15
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
cover_for 1
cover_up 1
Commentary: Includes: COVER FOR
Examples:
Do we have someone to cover for Hannah while she's on maternity leave?
One of our new postdocs will cover for me on Friday.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: cover.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 17
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
cover_for 1
Examples:
Once the stallion covers the mare, no refunds will be given.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 21
Examples:
If LHO covers with his king, you'll win the ace.
Smith covered again!
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 23