"covers" meaning in English

See covers in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌvɚz/ [US], /ˈkʌvəz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-covers.ogg [US], en-au-covers.ogg [Australia] Forms: cover [singular], covers [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|cover}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The plural form of cover; more than one (kind of) cover.
    Sense id: simple-covers-en-noun-uGq9WvGc Categories (other): Plurals
  2. Covers are bedsheets, blankets, etc.
    Sense id: simple-covers-en-noun-1p5Apsbp

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌvɚz/ [US], /ˈkʌvəz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-covers.ogg [US], en-au-covers.ogg [Australia] Forms: cover [canonical], covers [third-person, singular], covered [past], covered [past, participle], covering [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|cover}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The third-person singular form of cover.
    Sense id: simple-covers-en-verb-MfJvSJ3C
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      "form": "covers",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covered",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covering",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "cov‧ers",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "The third-person singular form of cover."
      ],
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    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʌvɚz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌvəz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "cov‧ers",
  "lang": "English",
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  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "The plural form of cover; more than one (kind of) cover."
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Covers are bedsheets, blankets, etc."
      ],
      "id": "simple-covers-en-noun-1p5Apsbp",
      "raw_tags": [
        "plural only"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌvəz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
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        "The third-person singular form of cover."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Plurals"
      ],
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        "The plural form of cover; more than one (kind of) cover."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Covers are bedsheets, blankets, etc."
      ],
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        "plural only"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌvəz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "covers"
}

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