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covert

/'k/@/v/@/rt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

    adj.all

    Examples
    Covert actions by the CIA.
    Covert funding for the rebels.
    Antonyms open overt

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a flock of coots

    noun.group

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

    noun.artifact

    Examples
    The brush provided a covert for game.
    Synonyms concealment cover screen

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

    adj.all

    Examples
    A woman covert.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

covering materialcoverletcoverlidcoverpointcovershamecoversidecovert operationcovertlycovertnesscoverturecovetcovetable

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