Found 3 items, similar to covert.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: covert
rahasia, secara diam-diam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: covert
covert
adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or
shown or avowed;
“covert actions by the CIA”;
“covert
funding for the rebels” [ant:
overt]
2: of a wife; under the protection of her husband
covert
n 1: a flock of coots
2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
“they crouched behind the screen”;
“under cover of
darkness” [syn:
screen,
cover,
concealment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Covert
Covert
\Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See
Covert, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
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A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is.
iv. 6.
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The highwayman has darted from his covered by the
wayside. --Prescott.
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2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the special feathers
covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of
a bird. See Illust. of
Bird.
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Covert
\Cov"ert\ (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of
couvrir. See
Cover, v. t.]
1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
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How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.
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Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton
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2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
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Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
--Bacon.
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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.
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Covert way, (Fort.) See
Covered way, under
Covered.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
concealed. See
Hidden.
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