covert (redirected from coverts)

cov·ert  (kvrt, kvrt, 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.

n.

1. A covering or cover.

2.

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.

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

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covert·ly adv.

covert·ness n.

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covert

Adjective

concealed or secret

Noun

1. a thicket or woodland providing shelter for game

2. Ornithol any of the small feathers on the wings and tail of a bird that surround the bases of the larger feathers [Old French: covered]

covertly adv

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

Thesaurus

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"

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covert

adjective secret, private, hidden, disguised, concealed, veiled, sly, clandestine, underhand, unsuspected, surreptitious, stealthy

Translations

covert [ˈkəuvət] adj (= secret) → secreto, encubierto (= dissembled); furtivo

covert [ˈkʌvət] adj [threat] → voilé(e) → caché(e); [attack] → indirect(e); [glance] → furtif/ive

covert [ˈkʌvət] adj → versteckt;

(glance) → verstohlen

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