Thesaurus: covert

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1. v. t. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
2. v. t. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
3. 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.
4. a. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
5. a. One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
6. adj. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
7. adj. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
8. n. a flock of coots
9. n. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
10. 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) 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. 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.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
11. Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, amarried woman who is considered as being under the protection andcontrol of her husband. Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, underCovered.
12. j:96/n:4 n. a flock of coots a. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed s. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband