āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
covert
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She employed a covert strategy to avoid alerting her competitors.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŦā§āĻ¤, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤
legally or socially protected as a married woman
Old use
Specialized
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The property belonged to the husband, as the wife was covert.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ covert āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Covert
01
āĻāĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻž, āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ
a feather that covers the base of a wing or tail feather, aiding flight and insulation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Observing the covert feathers can help identify bird species.
āĻāĻŦāĻ°āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻļā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻž
something that serves to hide or shelter an object, area, or person
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He installed a covert to protect the equipment from the elements.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛, āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ ā§
a group of coots considered collectively
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Birdwatchers observed a covert of coots near the reeds.
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
covertly
covertness
covert
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
