Noun

covers

1. Plural form of cover.
2. (plural only; not used in singular form) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.

   It's time to get under the covers!

3. (cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover.
4. (cricket) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet.

Cover may refer to:

• A covering:
  • A lid or mechanical seal, usually one that completely closes the object
  • Album cover (see also: CD and DVD packaging)
  • Book cover or magazine cover
  • Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package

• A concealment:
  • Undercover, disguising one's identity to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence.
  • Cover (military), a form of protection in combat
  • Cover (telecommunications), a communications concealment technique

• In entertainment:
  • Cover version, a new version of a previously recorded song
  • Cover band, a musical band that plays only cover versions
  • Cover is the term for an understudy in opera
  • Cover (film), a 2007 film directed by Bill Duke
  • Franklin Cover (1928–2006), an American actor who played Tom Willis on The Jeffersons

• In science:
  • Thomas M. Cover (1938–), American scientist
  • Cover (topology), the mathematical concept of a collection of subsets of a set whose union is the whole set
  • A Covering space, in the theory of Riemann surfaces and topology
  • A (universal / double) covering group, a covering space with group structure, common in theoretical physics
  • Cover (geology) or sedimentary cover, overlies a basement (geology) or crystalline basement

• In sports:
  • Cover, a fielding position in cricket
  • Cover 2, a class of defensive play in American Football

• Other uses:
  • Cover charge, an entry fee
  • Cover (law), a remedy for the breach of a contract for the receipt of goods
  • Cover (finance), repurchasing a short order made on the stock/equity, forex or futures markets
  • Cover (database theory), an equivalent set of constraints in database theory
  • Mating of animals, e.g. a horse covers a mare

Covers may refer to:

• Covers (EP), an EP by The Autumns
• Covers (Placebo album)
• Covers (Show of Hands album)
• Covers (James Taylor album)
• Covers (Fayray album)