covert

cov·ert (k

rt, k

-vûrt

)

adj.

1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.

2. Covered or covered over; sheltered.

3. Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.

1. A covering or cover.

a. A covered place or shelter; hiding place.

b. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.

3. Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.

4. A flock of coots. See Synonyms at flock¹.

[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover; see cover.]

covert·ly adv.

covert·ness n.

covert [ˈkʌvət]

adj

1. concealed or secret covert jealousy

2. (Law) Law See feme covert Compare discovert

1. a shelter or disguise

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a thicket or woodland providing shelter for game

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) short for covert cloth

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Ornithol any of the small feathers on the wings and tail of a bird that surround the bases of the larger feathers

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a flock of coots

[from Old French: covered, from covrir to cover]

covertly adv

covertness n

Covert a flock of birds; a flock or company of coots, 1430.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	covert - a flock of coots coot - slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks flock - a group of birds
	2.	covert - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" cover, concealment, screen blind - a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind" camouflage - device or stratagem for concealment or deceit covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) shoji - a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper stalking-horse - screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
Adj.	1.	covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn" concealed - hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase" invisible, unseeable - impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye; "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending" overt, open - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
	2.	covert - (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" protected - kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find"

covert

adjective secret, private, hidden, disguised, concealed, veiled, sly, clandestine, underhand, unsuspected, surreptitious, stealthy They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels.

Translations

covert [ˈkʌvət]

A. ADJ (gen) → secreto, encubierto; [glance] → furtivo, disimulado

B. N → soto m, matorral m

C. CPD covert attack N → ataque m por sorpresa

covert [ˈkʌvə^rt] adj

[operation, action] → secret/ète; [support, aid] → indirect(e)

[glance] → furtif/ive

covert

adj threat, attack → versteckt; glance also → verstohlen; surveillance → heimlich

n → Versteck nt ? draw²

covert [ˈkʌvət] adj (gen) → nascosto/a; (glance) → di sottecchi, furtivo/a

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