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verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To deal with a subject by describing or analyzing its most important aspects or events.
Framework senses
- §1
- To deal with a subject by describing or analyzing its most important aspects or events.
- §1
- to clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- §2
- to sit on eggs
- §3
- to protect, as by an insurance policy
- §4
- to be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- §5
- to maintain a check on
- §6
- to act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- §7
- to hold within range of an aimed firearm
- §8
- to protect or defend a position in a game
- §9
- to be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- §10
- to play a higher card than the one previously played
- §11
- to form a cover over
- §12
- to provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- §13
- to put something on top of something else
- §14
- to copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- §15
- to cover as if with a shroud
- §16
- to travel across or pass over
- §17
- to spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- §18
- to hide from view or knowledge
- §19
- to be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- §20
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- §21
- to help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming their responsibilities
- §22
- to invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- §23
- to include in scope
- §24
- to make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- §25
- to provide for
- §26
- to span an interval of distance, space or time