Covered
['kʌvɚd]
Definition
(adj.) overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; 'women with covered faces'; 'covered wagons'; 'a covered balcony' .
Editor: Olaf--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Cover
(a.) Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
(imp. & p. p.) of Covet
Typist: Pansy
Examples
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The battle-field was so densely covered with forest that but little could be seen, by any one person, as to the progress made. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He covered with his hand the upper part of his face, but did not conceal his mouth, where I saw hovering an expression I liked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He experimented with bundles of iron wires variously insulated, also with sheet-iron rolled cylindrically and covered with iron wire wound concentrically. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was spacious, and I dare say had once been handsome, but every discernible thing in it was covered with dust and mould, and dropping to pieces. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I'm covered with weales and I smart so! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The lower levels of the Mesozoic land were no doubt covered by great fern brakes and shrubby bush and a kind of jungle growth of trees. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It resulted in securing more advanced positions for all our troops where they were fully covered from the fire of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They lighted up Rebecca's figure to admiration, as she sat on a sofa covered with a pattern of gaudy flowers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He sowed different seeds from the same machine, and arranged that they might be covered at different depths. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Got your saddles covered up good? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The artist then has a limited portion of the wall covered over with a fine sort of plaster, and upon this he traces from his cartoon the part of the design suited for the space. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The completed rail is then covered with a finishing strip, known as the blind rail, which covers the unsightly bolt heads and adds to the artistic effect of the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The hole at the bottom of the lowest was covered with a small pot, into the sides of which had been bored a number of holes. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I could resist it no longer--I caught her in my arms, and covered her face with kisses. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sir, I _feel_ honest enough, said Graham; and a genuine English blush covered his face with its warm witness of sincerity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Not up, I replied, for I noticed particularly that while the building is roofless it is covered with a strong metal grating. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Keep thee well covered, _Ingl閟_, when daylight comes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A typical form of his transmitter, see Fig. 55, was a box covered with a vibrating membrane E, and provided with a mouth-piece at one side. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About noon I dragged myself wearily to the portals of a huge building which covered perhaps four square miles and towered two hundred feet in the air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The Otto engine is covered by patent No. 194,047, August 14, 1877. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Our lines covered his front, with the six miles separating the two wings guarded by but a single division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She covered her with noiseless kisses; she murmured love over her, like a cushat fostering its young. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Fundamentally, the elements involved in a discussion of value have been covered in the prior discussion of aims and interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was a little black leather-covered rectangular box, about six inches long, with a sort of blind eye at one end closed by a cylindrical shutter, substantially as seen in Fig. 203. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Ages ago trees and bushes grew thick and fast, and the ground was always covered with a deep layer of decaying vegetable matter. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Also, I see that they are covered with dust, and that the dust moves with them as they come, tramp, tramp! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typist: Pansy