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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (v) cover, spread over (form a cover over) "The grass covered the grave"

S: (v) flood (cover with liquid, usually water) "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

S: (v) inundate, deluge, submerge (fill or cover completely, usually with water)
S: (v) swamp, drench (drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged) "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

S: (v) bloody (cover with blood) "bloody your hands"
S: (v) mist, mist over (become covered with mist) "The windshield misted over"
S: (v) glaciate (cover with ice or snow or a glacier) "the entire area was glaciated"
S: (v) strew (cover; be dispersed over) "Dead bodies strewed the ground"
S: (v) grass, grass over (cover with grass)
S: (v) coat, cake (form a coat over) "Dirt had coated her face"
S: (v) submerge, drown, overwhelm (cover completely or make imperceptible) "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
S: (v) mantle (cover like a mantle) "The ivy mantles the building"
S: (v) clothe, cloak, drape, robe (cover as if with clothing) "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
S: (v) blanket (form a blanket-like cover (over))
S: (v) carpet (form a carpet-like cover (over))
S: (v) smother (form an impenetrable cover over) "the butter cream smothered the cake"
S: (v) shroud (form a cover like a shroud) "Mist shrouded the castle"

S: (v) touch, adjoin, meet, contact (be in direct physical contact with; make contact) "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"

W: (n) cover [Related to: cover] (the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book) "the book had a leather binding"
W: (n) cover [Related to: cover] (a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something) "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"

W: (n) covering [Related to: cover] (a natural object that covers or envelops) "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"