covert

The definition of covert is secret or hidden.

(adjective)

An example of covert is a spy's secret plan for getting out of the country.

A covert is defined as a shelter or a place to hide.

(noun)

An example of covert is a basement during a bad storm.

See covert in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: OFr, pp. of covrir, cover

noun

a covered or protected place; shelter
a hiding place for game, as underbrush or a thicket
covert cloth
Zool. any of the small feathers covering a particular area of a bird, as the bases of the larger feathers of a wing or tail

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See covert in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.
Covered or covered over; sheltered.
Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.

noun

A covering or cover.
a. A covered place or shelter; hiding place.
b. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.
Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.
A flock of coots. See Synonyms at flock¹.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from

Origin: past participle of covrir, to cover; see cover

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