和英辞書

覆う

ひらがな

おおう

verb

to cover / to cover up, to conceal, to hide / to permeate, to spread throughout / to include everything

雪が町全体を覆っていた。

The whole town was covered in snow.

意味（1）

to cover up, to conceal, to hide

おほけなくうき世(よ)の民(たみ)におほふかなわが立(た)つ杣(そま)にすみぞめの袖(そで)

ōkenaku ukiyo no tami ni ōu kana waga tatsu soma ni sumizome no sodeUnworthy am I, but my black-dyed sleeves shelter people in this floating world from this hall of timbers hewn from the mountain.

意味（2）

to permeate, to spread throughout

意味（3）

to include everything

意味（4）

to cover