COVERT

covert

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”

covert

(adjective) (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; “a woman covert”

screen, cover, covert, concealment

(noun) 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”

covert

(noun) a flock of coots

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Covert (plural Coverts)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Covert is the 4236^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8369 individuals. Covert is most common among White (91.96%) individuals.

Anagrams

• corvet, vector

Etymology

Adjective

covert (comparative more covert, superlative most covert)

(now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.

(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

Synonyms

• See also covert

• feme covert

Antonyms

• overt

Noun

covert (plural coverts)

A covering.

A disguise.

A hiding place.

Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

(ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

Anagrams

• corvet, vector

Source: Wiktionary

Cov"ert (kv"rt), a. Etym: [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of couvrir. See Cover, v. t.]

1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. How covert matters may be best disclosed. Shak. Whether of open war or covert guile. Milton

2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. Wordsworth. Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. Bacon.

3. (Law)

Definition: Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband. Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.

Syn.

– Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See Hidden.

Cov"ert, n. Etym: [OF. See Covert, a.]

1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. Is. iv. 6. The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott.

2. Etym: [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition