Lingaku覆う【おおう】
Frequency rank: 1,846.
- to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
Godan verb with 'u' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 覆う【おおう】Frequency rank: 1,846.
- 被う【おおう】Frequency rank: 51,357. – 52,626.
- 掩う【おおう】
- 蔽う【おおう】
- 蓋う【おおう】
- おおうFrequency rank: 11,165. – 11,191.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to cover
- to hide
- to conceal
- to wrap
- to disguise
This meaning refers to placing something over or on top of another object to protect it or to prevent it from being seen.
This usage indicates preventing something from being seen or making it difficult to find.
The trees were hiding the path, so it wasn't very visible.
Similar to hiding, this meaning implies keeping something out of sight or not revealing it.
This meaning relates to enclosing something by folding or covering it with a material.
This usage is about changing the appearance of something or someone to make it unrecognizable.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おおいかくす覆い隠すto hide (something) completelyぜんたい全体をおおう覆うto cover the whole (thing)おおい覆いをかぶせるto place a cover overうすい薄いぬの布でおおう覆うto cover with a thin clothかおをおおう顔を覆うto cover the faceひみつ秘密をおおう覆うto conceal a secretかんじょう感情をおおいかくす覆い隠すto hide one's emotionsしんじつ真実をおおいかくす覆い隠すto hide the truthおそれ恐れでおおわれる覆われるto be covered in fearけむり煙でおおわれる覆われるto be shrouded in smoke
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Anything like a road was covered with water that had flooded out of the river.
Land covers about 30 percent of the surface of the earth.
With winter coming on, the mountains will soon be covered with snow.