(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

(Britain, dated, informal, thieves' cant) A fellow; a man. / (Australia and Polari) A friend; a mate.

To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. / (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

(cricket, lacrosse) a fielding position between cover and point, about 15° forward of square; a fielder in this position.

(cricket) A type of shot played by the batsman bringing the bat down vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of cover.

(intransitive, cricket) To play a cover drive shot.

(cricket) a fielding position on the off side, about 30° forward of square and near the boundary; a fielder in that position.

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, about 45° forward of square, between cover and mid off.

(chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.