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covert
[ adjective koh-vert, kuhv-ert; noun kuhv-ert, koh-vert ]
adjective
- concealed or disguised; secret: covert behavior.
covert intelligence operations;
covert behavior.
Synonyms: furtive, surreptitious, clandestine
- covered; sheltered.
- Law. (of a wife) under the protection of one's husband.
noun
- a shelter or hiding place.
- concealment or disguise.
- Hunting. a thicket giving shelter to wild animals or game.
- Also called tectrix. Ornithology. one of the small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail.
covert
/ ˈkʌvət /
noun
- a shelter or disguise
- a thicket or woodland providing shelter for game
- short for covert cloth
- ornithol any of the small feathers on the wings and tail of a bird that surround the bases of the larger feathers
- a flock of coots
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Pronunciation Note
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Derived Forms
- ˈcovertly, adverb
- ˈcovertness, noun
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Other Words From
- co·vert·ly adverb
- co·vert·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of covert1
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Example Sentences
The Kulahu strike was part of a widening covert war being waged by Iran inside Pakistan.
The remote controlled flying craft has gone from covert military ops to a communal backyard hobby.
He and his followers have become really good at keeping their communications covert.
PARIS, France—What could be more cynical than a covert operation?
Syrian rebels have overtaken a joint Russian-Syrian secret facility that they claim was a covert intelligence collection base.
She saw a covert smile on his wrinkled face, while his wife pushed her former inquiry.
To-day they wore light covert coats over their canvas and rubber.
A thick wood skirted the meadow-land in another direction; but they could not have gained that covert for the same reason.
Fetherston raised his eyes and shot a covert glance at her—a glance of distinct suspicion.
Their deeper recesses were given up to owls and bats, and nearer the entrance the prowling fox or jackal found a covert.
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