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Verb

S: (v) blindfold (cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing) "the hostage was blindfolded and driven away"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered) "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

S: (v) frost (cover with frost) "ice crystals frosted the glass"
S: (v) frost (provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance) "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
S: (v) daub, smear (cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it) "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
S: (v) roof (provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof)
S: (v) mulch (cover with mulch) "mulch the flowerbeds"
S: (v) turf (cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots)
S: (v) bank (cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning) "bank a fire"
S: (v) carpet (cover with a carpet) "carpet the floors of the house"
S: (v) carpet (cover completely, as if with a carpet) "flowers carpeted the meadows"
S: (v) board up (cover with wooden boards) "board up windows before the hurricane"
S: (v) bedaub, besmear (spread or daub (a surface))
S: (v) bark (cover with bark)
S: (v) coat, surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface) "coat the cake with chocolate"
S: (v) butter (spread butter on) "butter bread"
S: (v) wallpaper, paper (cover with wallpaper)
S: (v) canvas (cover with canvas) "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
S: (v) paper (cover with paper) "paper the box"
S: (v) oil (cover with oil, as if by rubbing) "oil the wooden surface"
S: (v) wax (cover with wax) "wax the car"
S: (v) veneer (cover with veneer) "veneer the furniture to protect it"
S: (v) grease (lubricate with grease) "grease the wheels"
S: (v) wash (apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to)
S: (v) line (cover the interior of) "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"
S: (v) face (cover the front or surface of) "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
S: (v) feather (cover or fit with feathers)
S: (v) wrap, wrap up (arrange or fold as a cover or protection) "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"
S: (v) spritz (cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it) "Spritz the lawn with water"
S: (v) felt (cover with felt) "felt a cap"
S: (v) paste (cover the surface of) "paste the wall with burlap"
S: (v) cloak (cover with or as if with a cloak) "cloaked monks"
S: (v) coif (cover with a coif)
S: (v) hold (cover as for protection against noise or smell) "She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate"; "hold one's nose"
S: (v) jacket (provide with a thermally non-conducting cover) "The tubing needs to be jacketed"
S: (v) foil (cover or back with foil) "foil mirrors"
S: (v) whiteout, white out (cover up with a liquid correction fluid) "white-out the typo"
S: (v) flash (protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal) "flash the roof"
S: (v) pall (cover with a pall)
S: (v) sod (cover with sod)
S: (v) bind (provide with a binding) "bind the books in leather"
S: (v) plank, plank over (cover with planks) "The streets were planked"
S: (v) parcel (cover with strips of canvas) "parcel rope"
S: (v) flake (cover with flakes or as if with flakes)
S: (v) recover (cover anew) "recover a chair"
S: (v) hood (cover with a hood) "The bandits were hooded"
S: (v) cowl (cover with or as with a cowl) "cowl the boys and veil the girls"
S: (v) clapboard (cover with clapboards)
S: (v) canopy (cover with a canopy)
S: (v) bread (cover with bread crumbs) "bread the pork chops before frying them"
S: (v) blinker (put blinders on (a horse))
S: (v) blindfold (cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing) "the hostage was blindfolded and driven away"
S: (v) aluminize, aluminise (cover with aluminum)
S: (v) crown (put an enamel cover on) "crown my teeth"
S: (v) sheet (cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping) "sheet the body"
S: (v) tile (cover with tiles) "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"
S: (v) lag (cover with lagging to prevent heat loss) "lag pipes"
S: (v) mask (put a mask on or cover with a mask) "Mask the children for Halloween"
S: (v) mask, block out (shield from light)
S: (v) mask (cover with a sauce) "mask the meat"
S: (v) blanket (cover as if with a blanket) "snow blanketed the fields"
S: (v) plaster, plaster over, stick on (apply a heavy coat to)
S: (v) plaster (apply a plaster cast to) "plaster the broken arm"
S: (v) paint (apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil)
S: (v) put on, apply (apply to a surface) "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
S: (v) laminate (cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material) "laminate the table"
S: (v) spray (cover by spraying with a liquid) "spray the wall with paint"
S: (v) brush (cover by brushing) "brush the bread with melted butter"
S: (v) frost, ice (decorate with frosting) "frost a cake"
S: (v) smother, surround (envelop completely) "smother the meat in gravy"
S: (v) envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering) "Fog enveloped the house"
S: (v) sheathe (cover with a protective sheathing) "sheathe her face"
S: (v) crape, crepe (cover or drape with crape) "crape the mirror"
S: (v) concrete (cover with cement) "concrete the walls"
S: (v) blacklead (cover with graphite)
S: (v) grass (cover with grass) "The owners decided to grass their property"
S: (v) gravel (cover with gravel) "We gravelled the driveway"
S: (v) lime (cover with lime so as to induce growth) "lime the lawn"
S: (v) mound over (form mounds over) "The huts can be mounded over to form shelters"
S: (v) straw (cover or provide with or as if with straw) "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
S: (v) spread (cover by spreading something over) "spread the bread with cheese"
S: (v) drape (cover or dress loosely with cloth) "drape the statue with a sheet"
S: (v) dust (cover with a light dusting of a substance) "dust the bread with flour"
S: (v) plaster, beplaster (cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on) "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"
S: (v) steel (cover, plate, or edge with steel)

derivationally related form
sentence frame

Adjective

S: (adj) blindfold, blindfolded (wearing a blindfold)

similar to

S: (adj) blind, unsighted (unable to see) "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan

antonym

W: (adj) sighted [Indirect via blind] (able to see)