Definitions for covert

Definitions for (noun) covert

Main entry: screen, concealment, cover, covert

Definition: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

Usage: 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


Main entry: covert

Definition: a flock of coots


Definitions for (adj) covert

Main entry: covert

Definition: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

Usage: covert actions by the CIA; covert funding for the rebels


Main entry: covert

Definition: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

Usage: a woman covert


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