The meaning of COVERT is not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled. How to use covert in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Covert.

COVERT meaning: 1. hidden or secret: 2. a group of bushes and small trees growing close together in which animals. Learn more.

Define covert. covert synonyms, covert pronunciation, covert translation, English dictionary definition of covert. adj. 1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military.

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a thicket or woodland providing shelter for game short for covert cloth any of the small feathers on the wings and tail of a bird that surround the bases of the larger feathers Etymology: 14th Century: from.

A covert is a group of small trees or bushes very close to each other where small animals or game birds can hide.

Definition of covert adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Adjective covert (comparative more covert, superlative most covert) (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed. Synonyms: see Thesaurus: covert Antonym: overt covert operations