2. Noun. (pluralonly) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc. ¹
3. Noun. (cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover. ¹
4. Noun. (cricket) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet. ¹
5. Verb. (third-person singular of cover) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Covers
1. cover [v] - See also: cover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Covers
Literary usage of Covers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1894)
"It has already been said that cloth book covers are essentially a modern product ;
but even as far back as sixty years ago there were found occasional ..."
2. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1908)
"Temporary binders Few numbers covered with red rope manilla paper— covers made
with elastic band at back to hold magazine. The magazines are not kept in ..."
3. Proceedings by International Railway Congress Association (1901)
"brown covers), No. 23. — English edition of the Bulletin oí June, 1900, p. ...
6931, or separate issue (with brown covers), Nos. 58 and 67. ..."
4. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"Reinforced covers.—When the conditions of loading are such that belts naturally
... One maker's standard practice for such reinforced covers is to make the ..."
5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"But none can I distinguish, nought can see, In the thick mist that covers all
the field. Save, from this darkness save, O Father Zeus ! ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"Therefore, Black Earth mostly covers the surface of the lower table-lands, and
is of far rarer occurrence in the bottoms of valleys. ..."
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