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Covert Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Covert? [n] a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" [n] a flock of coots [adj] secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" [adj] (law) of a wife; under the protection of her husband Synonyms \| Synonyms for Covert: backstair \| backstairs \| black \| clandestine \| cloak-and-dagger \| cloaked \| closet(a) \| collusive \| concealment \| conniving \| cover \| disguised \| furtive \| hole-and-corner(a) \| hugger-mugger \| hush-hush \| masked \| on the quiet(p) \| protected \| screen \| secret \| secure \| sub-rosa \| subterranean \| surreptitious \| ulterior \| under wraps(p) \| undercover \| underground \| under-the-table \| undisclosed \| unrevealed Related Terms \| Find terms related to Covert: abri \| abstruse \| air-raid shelter \| armored \| asylum \| back-door \| backstairs \| beclouded \| between the lines \| blanket \| blind \| bolt-hole \| bomb shelter \| bombproof \| boscage \| bosket \| brake \| bunker \| buried \| burrow \| by stealth \| cache \| camouflaged \| canebrake \| cased \| cave \| ceiled \| ceja \| chamisal \| chaparral \| clandestine \| cloak \| cloaked \| close \| clouded \| coat \| coated \| concealed \| concealment \| coped \| coppice \| copse \| copsewood \| corner \| couch \| cover \| coverage \| covered \| covering \| covertly \| coverture \| cowl \| cowled \| cowling \| cranny \| cryptic \| cubby \| cubbyhole \| curtain \| curtained \| cyclone cellar \| dark corner \| delitescent \| den \| disguised \| dormant \| drape \| drapery \| dugout \| earth \| eclipsed \| encapsulated \| encapsuled \| encased \| enveloped \| enwrapped \| esoteric \| fallout shelter \| feather \| feathers \| feline \| filmed \| floored \| form \| foxhole \| frith \| funk hole \| furtive \| furtively \| guarded \| guise \| hackle \| hanging \| harbor \| harborage \| haven \| hibernating \| hid \| hidden \| hideaway \| hideout \| hidey hole \| hiding \| hiding place \| hidlings \| hole \| hole-and-corner \| hood \| hooded \| housed \| housing \| hugger-mugger \| hush-hush \| in a cloud \| in a fog \| in camera \| in eclipse \| in purdah \| in the wings \| incommunicado \| lair \| latent \| lodge \| loricate \| loricated \| lurking \| mail \| mantle \| mantled \| mask \| masked \| mew \| motte \| muffled \| mysterious \| mystic \| niche \| nook \| obfuscated \| obscure \| obscured \| occult \| occulted \| packaged \| pall \| paved \| plumage \| port \| possible \| potential \| privately \| privy \| quiet \| recess \| recondite \| refuge \| retreat \| roofed-in \| run \| safety zone \| sanctuary \| screen \| screened \| scummed \| secluded \| secluse \| secret \| secret place \| sequestered \| sheathed \| shelled \| shelter \| shield \| shielded \| shifty \| shroud \| shrouded \| skulking \| sleeping \| slinking \| slinky \| sly \| sneaking \| sneaky \| speculum \| stash \| stealthily \| stealthy \| storm cave \| storm cellar \| sub rosa \| submerged \| surreptitious \| surreptitiously \| swathed \| tented \| thicket \| thickset \| trench \| tunnel \| under an eclipse \| under cover \| under house arrest \| under the surface \| under wraps \| undercover \| undercovert \| underground \| underhand \| underhanded \| underlying \| under-the-counter \| under-the-table \| unknown \| unmanifested \| unobtrusive \| veil \| veiled \| vestment \| virtual \| walled \| walled-in \| wrapped \| wrapped in clouds See Also \| blind \| camouflage \| concealed \| coot \| covering \| flock \| implicit \| inexplicit \| invisible \| shoji \| stalking-horse \| unseeable Covert In Webster's Dictionary \Cov"ert\ (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of couvrir. See {Cover}, v. t.] 1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak. Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton 2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. -- Wordsworth. Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. --Bacon. 3. (Law) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband. {Covert way}, (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}. Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See {Hidden}. \Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See {Covert}, a.] 1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is. iv. 6. The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. --Prescott. 2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of {Bird}.

Covert Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Covert?

[n] a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"
[n] a flock of coots
[adj] secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
[adj] (law) of a wife; under the protection of her husband

Covert In Webster's Dictionary

\Cov"ert\ (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of
couvrir. See {Cover}, v. t.]
1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

         How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.

         Whether of open war or covert guile.  --Milton

2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
   covert nook. -- Wordsworth.

         Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
                                               --Bacon.

3. (Law) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme
   covert, a married woman who is considered as being under
   the protection and control of her husband.

{Covert way}, (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.

Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
     concealed. See {Hidden}.


\Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See {Covert}, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

         A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is.
                                               iv. 6.

         The highwayman has darted from his covered by the
         wayside.                              --Prescott.

2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the special feathers
   covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of
   a bird. See Illust. of {Bird}.

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