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Covertness
see synonyms of covertnessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Covertness
see synonyms of covertnessadjective
1.
concealed or secret
covert jealousy
2. law Compare feme covert, discovert
noun
3.
a shelter or disguise
4.
a thicket or woodland providing shelter for game
5. short for covert cloth
6. ornithology
any of the small feathers on the wings and tail of a bird that surround the bases of the larger feathers
7.
a flock of coots
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Covertness
see synonyms of covertness adjective
1.
concealed, hidden, disguised, or surreptitious
a covert threat
2. Archaic
sheltered; protected
3. Law
protected by a husband
said of a married woman noun
4.
a covered or protected place; shelter
5.
a hiding place for game, as underbrush or a thicket
6.
covert cloth
7. Zoology
any of the small feathers covering a particular area of a bird, as the bases of the larger feathers of a wing or tail
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Covertness
see synonyms of covertnessadj.
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 Under former English common law, married and therefore falling under the authority and protection of one's husband. Used of a woman.
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.
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