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.

Covert operation refers to secretive military or political activities conducted to influence events without revealing the identity of the sponsor.

Definition of covert adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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

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 …

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

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

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

5 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.