Read the dictionary definition of covert. All definitions for this word.
1. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
1. a screen of trees afforded privacy
2. under cover of darkness
3. the brush provided a covert for game
4. the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
2. a flock of coots
3. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
1. covert actions by the CIA
2. covert funding for the rebels
4. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
1. a woman covert