About The Word Covey
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Covey
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What's The Definition Of Covey?
[n] a small flock of grouse or partridge
[n] a small collection of people Synonyms | Synonyms for Covey: Related Terms | Find terms related to Covey: a mass of | a world of | age group | army | band | battalion | bevy | body | brigade | bunch | cabal | cast | charm | clique | cloud | clutter | cohort | company | complement | contingent | corps | coterie | crew | crowd | detachment | detail | division | faction | fleet | flight | flock | flocks | gaggle | gang | group | grouping | groupment | hail | hive | host | in-group | jam | junta | large amount | legion | lots | many | masses of | mob | movement | muchness | multitude | murmuration | nest | numbers | outfit | out-group | pack | party | peer group | phalanx | plague | platoon | plurality | posse | quantities | quite a few | regiment | rout | ruck | salon | scores | set | shoal | skein | spring | squad | stable | string | swarm | team | throng | tidy sum | tribe | troop | troupe | watch | wing | worlds of See Also | assemblage | flock | gathering | grouse | partridge Covey In Webster's Dictionary \Cov"ey\ (k?v"?), n. [OF. cov?e, F. couv?e, fr. cover, F.
couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E.
incubate. See {Cubit}, and cf. {Cove} to brood.]
1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of
young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together;
-- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. --Darwin.
2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. --Addison.
\Cov"ey\, v. i. To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. --Holland. \Cov"ey\, n. A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] --Parker. |
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