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# covert

«covert» in Mova's school dictionary: **secret or hidden, done so that people do not notice** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (covert); noun (a covert, coverts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Covert means secret or hidden, done so that people do not notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#m1)

2) A covert is a thick bush or small wood where wild animals hide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In spy stories and news, a covert operation is a secret mission. In science of animals, birds and deer hide in coverts. Opposite: overt (done openly). Phrases: «covert operation», «covert action», «covert glance».

### examples

- The spies went on a covert mission behind enemy lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#x1)
- She gave him a covert glance across the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#x2)
- The police did covert surveillance on the gang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#x3)
- The fox ran into the covert to hide from the hounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#x4)
- Covert bullying, like leaving someone out on purpose, is still bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#x5)
- The army planned a covert rescue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#x6)
- “There were fish in the rivers of Eire’, there were animals in her coverts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/#x7)

### note

Pronounced «KOH-vert» (also «KUV-ert», especially in the UK). Opposite: overt. Do not confuse with «cover» (noun/verb) or «convert» (to change).

### In the corpora

- [I will dwell in Thy Tent for ever; I will take refuge in the covert of Thy wings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.997/)
- [O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1636/)
- [Thou art my covert and my shield; in Thy word do I hope.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2279/)
- [Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.981/)
- [When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1051/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «covert» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covert/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.