covert

[Cov·ert]

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.

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Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

Noun
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"

Noun
a flock of coots

Adjective
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"

Adjective S.
of a wife; under the protection of her husband

v. t.
Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

v. t.
Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.

v. t.
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.

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

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

Covert

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.

How covert matters may be best disclosed.

Whether of open war or covert guile.

2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. Wordsworth.

Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.

3. (Law) 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.

Covert

Cov"ert, n. [OF. See Covert, a.] 1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm.

The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside.

2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo'94l.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

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

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Usage Examples

When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.

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Other Usage Examples

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.