COVER UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Hide from view or knowledge

Example:

The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House

Synonyms:

cover; cover up

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "cover up" is one way to...):

conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cover up"):

gloss over; hush up; sleek over; whitewash (cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cover-up (concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public)