re-cover

See also: recover

English

Alternative forms

• recover

Etymology

re- +‎ cover

Verb

re-cover (third-person singular simple present re-covers, present participle re-covering, simple past and past participle re-covered)

1. To cover again.
   • 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 51:

     The seats are the same type as fitted to the FGW sets. It's worth remembering that refurbishment of the First Class seats by FGW a few years previously was excellent (if you like leather seats). I assume they have been re-covered in this latest refurbishment.

Usage notes

The use of a hyphen is preferred to avoid confusion with the other meanings of recover.

References

• “re-cover”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• coverer, recovre