Dictionary definition · covert
noun
- a flock of coots
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something"a screen of trees afforded privacy"
adjective
- secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed"covert actions by the CIA"
- (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband"a woman covert"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).