Overshadowing (of wings, etc.), as affording security; protection or shelter from danger or observation.

The action of covering up the eyes; hoodwinking; the apparatus used in the action; the state produced.

Concealing covering; disguise, veil. Also figurative.

Something that hides; a means of concealment; a hiding place.

Of immaterial things. Without of, in more general figurative and metaphorical uses.

That which cloaks or conceals (an act, etc.), or which may be used for that purpose; a cloak or covering. Also: the action of cloaking or concealing…

figurative. = cover, n.1 3d.

A spiritual or psychological protection or defence; an attitude, etc., affording such protection.

A concealment from view; a blind.

figurative and in figurative context. A covering of something (material or immaterial), hiding something else from view.

figurative. Something that hides, conceals, or screens; a cloak, screen, disguise, pretence. under (the) cover of.

An object or material thing which serves to hide someone or something from view; the concealment provided by this. Also figurative.

A disguise, a pretence; a pretext.

Originally and chiefly South Asian. A curtain; esp. one used in some Muslim and Hindu communities to screen women from public observation and…

Something designed to conceal one's true attitude, identity, etc.; a pretence, a smokescreen.

A covering (literal or figurative); a canopy, a roof.

figurative (from 1 2.)

figurative.

any of various types of shield or hard covering worn to protect or conceal the face (or part of it); (now) esp. a transparent plastic guard worn…

Something that conceals; a means of concealment; a secret or sheltered place. Frequently in plural in same sense. Now rare.

= protective coloration n.

Disguise, concealment; (now) esp. a means of, or the action of, misleading someone or disguising the truth.

cryptic or mimetic colouring that enables an animal to conceal or disguise itself; an instance of this; (also figurative) something that makes a…

figurative. Something designed to conceal or mislead; a deliberate distraction or diversion. Also attributive.

An act of covering up (in various senses: see to cover up at cover, v.1 phrasal verbs); spec. assistance given to a wrongdoer in escaping…

North American. figurative and in extended use: something which conceals, covers, or hides; a veil, a screen.

Something forming a thick superficial layer or covering, esp. in order to hide something ugly beneath it.