Noun cover up has 1 sense
  1. cover-up - concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public
    --1 is a kind of concealment, concealing, hiding
    --1 has particulars: blue wall of silence, blue wall, wall of silence
    Derived form: verb cover up1
,Verb cover up has 1 sense
  1. cover, cover up - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
    --1 is one way to hide, conceal
    Derived form: noun cover-up1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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