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covert
UK
/ˈkəʊ.vɜːt/
US
/ˈkoʊ.vɜrt/
Translations
coverts
pl
UK
/ˈkʌv.ət/
US
/ˈkoʊ.vɝːt/
The hunters searched the covert for signs of deer.
Les chasseurs ont fouillé le fourré à la recherche de traces de cerfs.
The spy found a covert to hide from his pursuers.
L’espion a trouvé une cachette pour se cacher de ses poursuivants.
Additional translations
Synonyms
more covert
Comp.
most covert
Super.
UK
/ˈkəʊ.vɜːt/
US
/ˈkoʊ.vɜrt/
The spy was on a covert mission to gather intelligence from the enemy camp.
L’espion était en mission cachée pour recueillir des renseignements dans le camp ennemi.
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Definitions
The hunters searched the covert for signs of deer.
The spy found a covert to hide from his pursuers.
The ornithologist carefully lifted the bird's coverts to examine its primary feathers.
The statute distinguished between a feme sole and a feme covert for purposes of property ownership.
The spy was on a covert mission to gather intelligence from the enemy camp.
In nineteenth-century England, a woman became covert upon marriage, losing many legal rights.