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English adjective: covert | |||
| 1. | covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed | ||
| Samples | Covert actions by the CIA. Covert funding for the rebels. | ||
| Similar | backstair, backstairs, behind-the-scenes, black, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, cloaked, collusive, conniving, disguised, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, masked, secret, secret, secret, sub-rosa, subterranean, subterraneous, surreptitious, ulterior, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unrevealed | ||
| See also | concealed, implicit, inexplicit, invisible, unseeable | ||
| Antonyms | overt, open | ||
| 2. | covert (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband | ||
| Samples | A woman covert. | ||
| Similar | protected | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| Antonyms | unprotected | ||
English noun: covert | |||
| 1. | covert (group) a flock of coots | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flock | ||
| Member holonym | coot | ||
| 2. | covert (artifact) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | concealment, cover, screen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | covering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blind, camouflage, shoji, stalking-horse | ||
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