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Meaning of covert

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  covert
      adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or
             shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert
             funding for the rebels" [ant: {open}, {overt}]
      2: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a
         woman covert"
      n 1: a flock of coots
      2: 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" [syn: {screen}, {cover}, {covert}, {concealment}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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