Associations to the word «Covert»

COVERT, adjective. (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.

COVERT, adjective. (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

COVERT, noun. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

COVERT, noun. (ornithology) A feather that covers others

COVERT BARON, adjective. Covert.

COVERT BARON, noun. (obsolete) (Chiefly with under) The protection of a husband; a married state, the condition of a feme covert or (loosely) any married person.

COVERT HOUND, noun. A staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd

COVERT STUTTER, noun. Alternative form of covert stuttering

COVERT STUTTERING, noun. (psychology) (speech pathology) A manner of speaking in which a person who stutters is careful to avoid words, sounds, and other stimuli which trigger instances of stuttering.

COVERT STUTTERING, noun. An instance of such a manner of speaking.

COVERT, noun. A flock of coots.

COVERT, noun. A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background".

COVERT, adjective. Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels".

COVERT, adjective. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert".