secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhanded mean done without attracting observation. secret implies concealment on any grounds for any motive.

COVERT definition: concealed or disguised; secret: covert behavior. See examples of covert used in a sentence.

Definition of covert adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. secret or hidden, making it difficult to notice. He stole a covert glance at her across the table. Every measure, both overt and …

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 …

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

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

Covert definition: Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown.

3 days ago · Noun covert (plural coverts) A covering. A disguise. A hiding place. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide. (ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

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From Old French covert, past participle of covrir ("to cover") (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover.