covers

2 definitions • 7 examples

the blankets, sheets, etc. on a bed:

Martha threw back the covers and bounced out of bed.

The smell of bacon enticed me from under the covers.

She was so tired, all she wanted to do was crawl under the covers and fall asleep.

When the alarm went off, he rolled over and pulled up the covers.

Kate's mother smoothed the covers over the bed.

in cricket, the large area of the field which is in front of the batter (= a player who tries to hit the ball) on the off side (= the side of the field opposite the side where the batter stands):

He usually fields in the covers.

She elegantly drove the ball through the covers for another boundary.