Crossword-Solution: COVERT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Covert | v. t. | Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. |
| Covert | v. t. | Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. |
| Covert | v. t. | Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband. |
| Covert | a. | A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. |
| Covert | a. | One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| COVERT | anagram | VECTOR |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETAR
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greedy person
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Sentences with COVERT (5)
With this advantage then To union, and firm Faith, and firm accord, More then can be in Heav’n, we now return To claim our just inheritance of old, Surer to prosper then prosperity Could have assur’d us; and by what best way, Whether of open Warr or covert guile, We now debate; who can advise, may speak.
Full forty days he passed—whether on hill Sometimes, anon in shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak Or cedar to defend him from the dew, Or harboured in one cave, is not revealed; Nor tasted human food, nor hunger felt, Till those days ended; hungered then at last Among wild beasts.
The hind led her fawn from the covert of high fern to the more open walks of the greenwood, and no huntsman was there to watch or intercept the stately hart, as he paced at the head of the antler’d herd.
Jane Fairfax’s perception seemed to accompany his; her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged.
That very convenient covert for all manner of cruelty and outrage that cowardly alarm-cry, that the slaves would _“take the place,”_ was pleaded, in extenuation of this revolting crime, just as it had been cited in defense of a thousand similar ones.
Quotes with COVERT (3)
Covert your time for discovery
IN THE HANDS OF MANHe who creates a poison, also has the cure. He who creates a virus, also has the antidote. He who creates chaos, also has the ability to create peace. He who sparks hate, also has the ability to transform it to love. He who creates misery, also has the ability to destroy it with kindness. He who creates sadness, also has the ability to to covert it to happiness. He who creates darkness, can also be awakened to produce illumination. He who spreads fear, can …
The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical for a people whose covert behavior tended to be Rabelaisian; its major religions were all Apollonian in varying degrees---its religious revivals were often hysterical in a fashion almost Dionysian.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 59 times in crossword archives (1954–2022).