Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
- adjective (Fort.) a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See
Illust. ofRavelin .
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- adjective
Overlaid with orenclosed within something. - adjective poker Having more money available for betting than another.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
cover .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
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Examples
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Thus, if the husband will be careful to have the glans penis covered with the foreskin (and, of course, this can _never_ be, if the organs are united when the vulva and vagina are dry) when it enters the vagina, and will so engage in the in-and-out motion that it will _stay covered_ as the _third_ act progresses -- if this is done, when the climax comes, if the two
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The truth is to have your skin covered from the sun.
A Beautiful Life 2006
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To her, the term covered far more territory than just the big, wonderful old house on the other side of the long gravel driveway; it meant Reece and Kathleen McCaffrey, her mom and dad.
THE VOW Linda Lael Miller 1998
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But if something further be added whereby [the term covered by the reduplication] is attracted to the suppositum, this proposition is to be denied rather than granted, for instance were one to say: "Christ as 'this' Man is a creature."
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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It must however be borne in mind that the term covered by the reduplication signifies the nature rather than the suppositum, since it is added as a predicate, which is taken formally, for it is the same to say "Christ as Man" and to say "Christ as He is a Man."
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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And though the wrathful officials of the Bureau of Conscription labeled them all "deserters," the term covered great numbers who had gone home to share the sufferings of their families.
The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South 1901
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Other varieties of radler-type beer imported from other countries will now have to have the word on the label covered with a sticker, Griggs said and the Express reported.
unknown title 2011
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Other varieties of radler-type beer imported from other countries will now have to have the word on the label covered with a sticker, Griggs said and the Express reported.
unknown title 2011
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"Shoppers typically pay 10 to 50 per cent of the cost of a product to insure it beyond the term covered by the manufacturer's guarantee," The Economist reports.
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"Shoppers typically pay 10 to 50 per cent of the cost of a product to insure it beyond the term covered by the manufacturer's guarantee," The Economist reports.
vendingmachine commented on the word covered
"In the spring of 1939, Seabiscuit covered seven of Howard's mares, all of which had healthy foals in spring of 1940."
January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word covered
Is it bad that the first thing this reminded me of is ketchup couverture?
January 10, 2023