Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
covert - 6 dictionary results
co⋅vert
[adj. koh-vert, kuhv-ert; n. kuhv-ert, koh-vert] 
vərt
–adjective
| 1. | concealed; secret; disguised. |
| 2. | covered; sheltered. |
| 3. | Law. (of a wife) under the protection of one's husband. |
–noun
| 4. | a covering; cover. |
| 5. | a shelter or hiding place. |
| 6. | concealment or disguise. |
| 7. | Hunting. a thicket giving shelter to wild animals or game. |
| 8. | Also called tectrix. Ornithology. one of the small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail. |
| 9. | covert cloth. |
Related forms:
co⋅vert⋅ly, adverb
co⋅vert⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. clandestine, surreptitious, furtive.
1. clandestine, surreptitious, furtive.
Pronunciation note:
Covert, related to cover, has historically been pronounced [kuhv-ert] , with [uh], the same stressed vowel found in cover. This [uh] is the traditional and unchallenged vowel in many other English words spelled with stressed o followed by v, voiced th, or a nasal in the same syllable, words of high frequency like love and above, mother and other, some and honey. The adjective covert, however, by analogy with overt [oh-vurt, oh-vert], its semantic opposite, has developed the pronunciation [koh-vert], perhaps because of the frequent coupling of the two terms in the news media. This is now the more common pronunciation for the adjective in American English, though not in British English, which retains the historical pronunciation. For the noun senses, less likely to appear in the news or to be contrasted with overt and its [oh] sound, the historical [kuhv-ert] remains the more frequent pronunciation.
Covert, related to cover, has historically been pronounced
[kuhv-ert] , with [uh], the same stressed vowel found in cover. This [uh] is the traditional and unchallenged vowel in many other English words spelled with stressed o followed by v, voiced th, or a nasal in the same syllable, words of high frequency like love and above, mother and other, some and honey. The adjective covert, however, by analogy with overt [oh-vurt, oh-vert], its semantic opposite, has developed the pronunciation [koh-vert], perhaps because of the frequent coupling of the two terms in the news media. This is now the more common pronunciation for the adjective in American English, though not in British English, which retains the historical pronunciation. For the noun senses, less likely to appear in the news or to be contrasted with overt and its [oh] sound, the historical [kuhv-ert] remains the more frequent pronunciation.covert cloth
–noun
| a cotton, woolen, or worsted cloth of twill weave, the warp being of ply yarns one of which may be white. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To covert
| cov·ert (kŭv'ərt, kō'vərt, kō-vûrt') adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover; see cover.] cov'ert·ly adv., cov'ert·ness n. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Covert
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.Covert
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
>
