Covert Definition

kōvərt, kō-vûrt, kŭvərt
coverts
adjective
Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown.
Covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels.
American Heritage
Concealed, hidden, disguised, or surreptitious.
A covert threat.
Webster's New World
Sheltered; protected.
Webster's New World
Protected by a husband.
Webster's New World

(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

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noun
coverts
A covering or cover.
American Heritage
A covered or protected place; shelter.
Webster's New World
A hiding place for game, as underbrush or a thicket.
Webster's New World

Covert cloth.

Webster's New World
Any of the small feathers covering a particular area of a bird, as the bases of the larger feathers of a wing or tail.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Covert

Noun

Singular:
covert
Plural:
coverts

Origin of Covert

  • From Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from past participle of covrir to cover cover

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Covert Sentence Examples

  • They generally associate in herds, and spend most of the day in covert on the banks, feeding in the evening and morning.

  • Still other predators use their covert information to stalk the kids.

  • Disclosing the identity of a covert intelligence operative is a violation of federal law punishable by up to 10 years in jail.

  • Social attitudes towards homosexuality and bisexuality have varied over the centuries, from complete rejection, or homophobia, through covert acceptance, to complete normalization, with many degrees in between.

  • Thus an individual with a covert bacteriuria has a life expectancy of less than 3 years.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOV

Words Ending With

TRTERT

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Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CO & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With RT

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With T