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This is a thesaurus of all the glosses to the words in the Glossary, linked to the lines in the texts where these words are found.

The Thesaurus is the opposite of the Glossary. When consulting the Glossary, you know the word and you want to find out what it means. When consulting the Thesaurus, you know the meaning and you want to find out which Shakespearean words express it. How would he say 'arrogant' or 'companion'? The options are listed when you search for these words.

Disclaimer: our Thesaurus is a guide only to the words in the Glossary, and not an account of the way these words might be used elsewhere in the canon, or in Early Modern English as a whole. For example, we include Shakespeare’s use of mother to mean 'womanish qualities', but not in its ordinary sense of 'parent'. You can read more background about the thesaurus here.

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Search phrase cover 38 items found

cover

apparel (v.),bestrew (v.),case (v.),coverture (n.),deck (v.),gild (v.), past forms gilt, gilded,lard (v.),mantle (v.),pall (v.),rid (v.),spread (v.)

cover [as if by a canopy]

cover [as if with breeches]

cover [as with a mask]

cover, make rise from [in hunting]

cover, put under

cover, raise from [in hunting]

cover again

cover in place, with a

cover one's eyes

cover over

bepaint (v.),face (v.),face (v.),overgreen, over-green (v.),patch (v.)

cover over with blood

overred, over-red (v.)

cover the defect

cover the distance

measure back (v.)

cover the skin with scabs

cover up

bescreen (v.),case (v.),case (v.),film (v.),hoodwink (v.),overcover (v.),patch (v.),rake up (v.),scarf up (v.),shade (v.),skin (v.),smother up (v.)

cover with a coating

cover with stains

covered

covered, protectively

covered as if with ornamental studs

embossed (adj.)

covered over, with the self

self-covered (adj.)

covered place

covered retreat

covered up

covered way

penthouse, pent-house (n.)

covered with growth

overgrown (adj.)

covering

case (n.),case (n.),coverture (n.),habit (n.),mantle (n.),pleat (n.),vault (n.)

covering, outer

covering, padded

covering, winter [for plants]

winter-ground (v.)

covering, with little

covering, without

bare (adj.),barely (adv.)

covering above a bed

covert

close (adj.),obscured (adj.)

covert plan

covertly

closely (adv.),privately (adv.)

covertly inconstant

secret-false (adj.)