cover

noun

1. A lid.
2. Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
3. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
4. The top sheet of a bed.
5. A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
6. A bag or packet.
7. A cover charge.
8. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
9. A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
10. A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
11. A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
12. The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
13. A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
14. A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
15. An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
16. A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
17. In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
18. An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
19. A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
20. A swindler's confederate.