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adjective
- 1. not openly acknowledged or displayed: "covert operations against the dictatorship"
noun
- 1. a thicket in which game can hide.
- 2. a feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird.
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noun [ C ] uk / ˈkʌv.ət / us / ˈkʌv.ɚt /. a group of bushes and small trees growing close together in which animals can hide, especially from people or other animals hunting them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of COVERT is not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled. How to use covert in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Covert.
Covert means secret or hidden. Soldiers might take part in a covert mission to infiltrate an enemy camp — and you might take part in a covert mission to steal your brother's leftover Halloween candy. Covert is the opposite of overt, which means obvious, or in full view. Covert things are hidden, private, or stealthy.
Covert definition: concealed or disguised; secret. See examples of COVERT used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈkoʊ.vɝːt / uk / ˈkəʊ.vɜːt / Add to word list. hidden or secret: covert actions. The government was accused of covert military operations against the regime. Opposite. overt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. kept hidden from other people. secret The spies had a secret meeting.
Covert Definition. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown. Covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. Concealed, hidden, disguised, or surreptitious. A covert threat.
Define covert. covert synonyms, covert pronunciation, covert translation, English dictionary definition of covert. adj. 1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels.
7 meanings: 1. concealed or secret 2. law → Compare feme covert, discovert 3. a shelter or disguise 4. a thicket or woodland.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of covert adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a shelter or hiding place. concealment or disguise. [ Hunting.]a thicket giving shelter to wild animals or game. Birds Also called tectrix. [ Ornith.]one of the small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail. See diag. under bird. See covert cloth.
