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covert
('k/@/v/@/rt )

adjective (a)

  • secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed(adj.all)
    Example:
    Covert actions by the CIA.
    Covert funding for the rebels.
    Antonym:
    open, overt
    source: wordnet30
  • Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a flock of coots(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The brush provided a covert for game.
    Synonym:
    concealment, cover, screen
    source: wordnet30
  • A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband(adj.all)
    Example:
    A woman covert.
    source: wordnet30
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