covert

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

cov·ert (kŭvʹərt, kōʹvərt, kō-vûrtʹ)adj.
1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown:
covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels.
See Synonyms at secret.
2. Covered or covered over; sheltered.
3. Law. Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.n.
1. A covering or cover.
2.
a. A covered place or shelter; hiding place.
b. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.
3. Zoology. One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.
4. A flock of coots. See Synonyms at flock¹. [Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover. See cover.] covʹert·ly adv.covʹert·ness n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  screen, cover, concealment
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  overt, open