Definisjon av covert

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Noun

covert - a flock of coots
flock a group of birds
covert - 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"
screen, cover, concealment
covering the act of protecting something by covering it
blind a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
camouflage device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
shoji a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper

Adjective

covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
overt, open open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
inexplicit, implicit being without doubt or reserve; "implicit trust"
unseeable, invisible impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye; "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending"
concealed hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase"
backstair, backstairs, furtive secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"
black marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hush-hush, undercover, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, surreptitious, underground, secret conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
secret the next to highest level of official classification for documents
collusive, conniving acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
disguised, cloaked, masked covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks"
secret the next to highest level of official classification for documents
behind-the-scenes, sub-rosa, under-the-table designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; "a sub-rosa report"; "has their under-the-table backing"
subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell
under wraps kept secret; "the plan was kept carefully under wraps"
covert - (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert"
protected guarded from injury or destruction
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Substantiv

covert - Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
covert - A feather that covers others.

Adjektiv

covert - Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
covert - Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: covert
  • Komparativ: coverter / more covert
  • Superlativ: covertest / most covert

Substantiv

  • Entall: covert
  • Flertall: coverts

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