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Protect or defend a position in a game

• Put something on top of something else

• Esp. by patrolling

• Protect by insurance

• Invest with a large or excessive amount of something

• Be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of

• Copulate with a female, used esp. of horses

• Compensate or make up for

• Play a higher card than the one previously played

• Be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game

• Sit on (eggs)

• Clothe, as if for protection from the elements

• Maintain a check on

• Spread over a surface to conceal or protect

• Include in scope

• The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

• The work of applying something

• Span an interval of distance, space or time

• Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• Include as part of something broader

• Have as one's sphere or territory

• Travel across or pass over

• Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

• Help out by taking someone's place an temporarily assuming his responsibilities

• Hold within range of an aimed firearm

• To take an action to protect against future problems

• Hide from view or knowledge

• Provide for