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Synonyms
cov·ert (kŭv́ərt, kṓvərt, kō-vûrt́)

[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover; see cover.]

adjective 

  1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See synonyms at secret
  2. Covered or covered over; sheltered.
  3. Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.

noun 

  1. A covering or cover.
    1. A covered place or shelter; hiding place.
    2. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.
  3. Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.
  4. A flock of coots. See synonyms at flock1

derivatives

cov́ert·ly
adverb
cov́ert·ness
noun