Meanings
present singular third person covers up · participle present covering up · participle past covered up · past covered up
- idiomaticTo conceal or disguise.
The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.
2 more examples
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 PaperTransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.
2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11 - idiomaticTo put covers over oneself in bed.
Please cover up and go to sleep now.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 掩蓋 /掩盖, 掩飾 /掩饰
- 掩蓋 /掩盖 (yǎngài)to conceal or disguise
- 掩飾 /掩饰 (yǎnshì)to conceal or disguise
- 覆蓋 /覆盖 (fùgài)to clothe
- 遮蓋 /遮盖 (zhēgài)to clothe
- 蓋被子 /盖被子 (gài bèizi)to put covers over oneself in bed
Danish skjule, mørklægge
- skjuleto conceal or disguise
- mørklæggeto conceal or disguise
Finnish peitellä, mennä peiton alle
- peitelläto conceal or disguise
- mennä peiton alleto put covers over oneself in bed
French cacher, dissimuler
- cacherto conceal or disguise
- dissimulerto conceal or disguise
- couvrirto conceal or disguise
- couvrirto clothe
German vertuschen
- vertuschento conceal or disguise
Greek κουκουλώνω
- κουκουλώνω (koukoulóno)to conceal or disguise
Hungarian elleplez, leplez
- elleplezto conceal or disguise
- leplezto conceal or disguise
- eltussolto conceal or disguise
- elhallgatto conceal or disguise
Indonesian tutup-tutupi
- tutup-tutupito conceal or disguise
Irish cumhdaigh, cumhdaigh
- cumhdaighto conceal or disguise
- cumhdaighto clothe
Italian insabbiare, occultare
- insabbiareto conceal or disguise
- occultareto conceal or disguise
Korean 감추다, 덮어버리다
- 감추다 (gamchuda)to conceal or disguise
- 덮어버리다 (deopeobeorida)to conceal or disguise
Latin obtegō, operiō
- obtegōto conceal or disguise
- operiōto conceal or disguise
Māori tauhuna, whakapūngenengene
- tauhunato conceal or disguise
- whakapūngenengeneto clothe
Persian سرپوش گذاشتن
- سرپوش گذاشتن (sarpuš gozâštan)to conceal or disguise
Polish tuszować, zatuszowywać
- tuszowaćto conceal or disguise
- zatuszowywaćto conceal or disguise
- zatuszowaćto conceal or disguise
- przykrywaćto clothe
- przykryćto clothe
- ubieraćto clothe
- ubraćto clothe
Portuguese encobrir
- encobrirto conceal or disguise
Romanian acoperi, ascunde
- acoperito conceal or disguise
- ascundeto conceal or disguise
- mușamalizato conceal or disguise
Spanish encubrir, cohonestar
- encubrirto conceal or disguise
- cohonestarto conceal or disguise
- tapiñarto conceal or disguise
- socaparto conceal or disguise
- contlapachearto conceal or disguise
Swedish mörklägga, täcka över
- mörkläggato conceal or disguise
- täcka överto conceal or disguise
- skylato conceal or disguise
Tamil மூடிமறை, மூடிமறை
- மூடிமறை (mūṭimaṟai)to conceal or disguise
- மூடிமறை (mūṭimaṟai)to clothe
- போர்த்திக்கொள் (pōrttikkoḷ)to put covers over oneself in bed
Cite this entry
cover up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20up
“cover up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cover up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20up.
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