cover – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cover
Participle: covered
Gerund: covering

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	cover
you	cover
he;she;it	covers
we	cover
you	cover
they	cover

Perfect

I	have covered
you	have covered
he;she;it	has covered
we	have covered
you	have covered
they	have covered

Past

I	covered
you	covered
he;she;it	covered
we	covered
you	covered
they	covered

Pluperfect

I	had covered
you	had covered
he;she;it	had covered
we	had covered
you	had covered
they	had covered

Future

I	will cover
you	will cover
he;she;it	will cover
we	will cover
you	will cover
they	will cover

Future Perfect

I	will have covered
you	will have covered
he;she;it	will have covered
we	will have covered
you	will have covered
they	will have covered

Subjunctive

Present

I	cover
you	cover
he;she;it	cover
we	cover
you	cover
they	cover

Perfect

I	have covered
you	have covered
he;she;it	have covered
we	have covered
you	have covered
they	have covered

Imperfect

I	covered
you	covered
he;she;it	covered
we	covered
you	covered
they	covered

Pluperfect

I	had covered
you	had covered
he;she;it	had covered
we	had covered
you	had covered
they	had covered

Conditional

Present

I	would cover
you	would cover
he;she;it	would cover
we	would cover
you	would cover
they	would cover

Perfect

I	would have covered
you	would have covered
he;she;it	would have covered
we	would have covered
you	would have covered
they	would have covered

Imperative

you	cover
we	Let's cover
you	cover

Indicative

Present

I	am covering
you	are covering
he;she;it	is covering
we	are covering
you	are covering
they	are covering

Perfect

I	have been covering
you	have been covering
he;she;it	has been covering
we	have been covering
you	have been covering
they	have been covering

Past

I	was covering
you	were covering
he;she;it	was covering
we	were covering
you	were covering
they	were covering

Pluperfect

I	had been covering
you	had been covering
he;she;it	had been covering
we	had been covering
you	had been covering
they	had been covering

Future

I	will be covering
you	will be covering
he;she;it	will be covering
we	will be covering
you	will be covering
they	will be covering

Future Perfect

I	will have been covering
you	will have been covering
he;she;it	will have been covering
we	will have been covering
you	will have been covering
they	will have been covering

Conditional

Present

I	would be covering
you	would be covering
he;she;it	would be covering
we	would be covering
you	would be covering
they	would be covering

Perfect

I	would have been covering
you	would have been covering
he;she;it	would have been covering
we	would have been covering
you	would have been covering
they	would have been covering

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

Phrasal Verbs

~ over something, ~ something over, ~ up something, ~ up somebody, ~ something up, ~ somebody up, ~ up (something), ~ (something) up,

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)

cover – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of cover

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'cover'

Verbs similar to 'cover'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "cover"

Sample Sentences