English dictionary
covert
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
adjective
- (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
noun
- a flock of coots
Example sentences
covert actions by the CIA
covert funding for the rebels
a woman covert
a screen of trees afforded privacy
under cover of darkness
the brush provided a covert for game
the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background