covert

  • 1Covert — 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. [1913 Webster] How covert matters may be best disclosed. Shak. [1913 Webster] Whether of open war or covert… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Covert — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Covert (Kansas) Covert (Michigan) Covert (Nebraska) Covert (New York) Covert (Pennsylvania) Personen: Allen Covert (* 1964), US amerikanischer Schauspieler und Filmproduzent John Covert… …

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  • 3Covert — Cov ert, n. [OF. See {Covert}, a.] 1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. [1913 Webster] A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. Is. iv. 6. [1913 Webster] The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott …

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  • 4covert — [kō′vərt, kuv′ərt] adj. [OFr, pp. of covrir,COVER] 1. concealed, hidden, disguised, or surreptitious [a covert threat] 2. Archaic sheltered; protected 3. Law protected by a husband: said of a married woman n. 1. a covered or protected place;… …

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  • 5covert — (adj.) c.1300, from O.Fr. covert hidden, obscure, underhanded, lit. covered, pp. of covrir to cover (see COVER (Cf. cover)). Related: Covertly …

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  • 6covert — I adjective clandestine, cloaked, concealed, covered, cryptic, cryptical, dark, delitescent, disguised, furtive, hidden, insidious, invisible, latent, muffled, mysterious, mystic, mystical, nonapparent, occult, out of sight, private, screened,… …

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  • 7covert — *secret, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand, underhanded, stealthy, furtive Analogous words: hidden, concealed, screened (see HIDE): disguised, dissembled, masked, cloaked, camouflaged (see DISGUISE vb) Antonyms: overt Contrasted words: open,… …

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  • 8covert — meaning ‘secret, disguised’, is pronounced like cover, although the AmE pronunciation like over is gaining ground in BrE and elsewhere …

    Modern English usage

  • 9covert — [adj] clandestine, underhanded buried, camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, disguised, dissembled, furtive, hidden, hush hush*, incog*, incognito, masked, obscured, private, privy, QT*, secret, shrouded, stealthy, sub rosa, surreptitious, ulterior,… …

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  • 10covert — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not openly acknowledged or displayed. ► NOUN 1) a thicket in which game can hide. 2) a feather covering the base of a bird s main flight or tail feather. DERIVATIVES covertly adverb. ORIGIN Old French, covered …

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