kənˈsiːlmənt ˈkʌvɚ ˈkʌvə ˈkʌvət ˈkoʊvəɹt ˈkʌvət ˈkoʊvəɹt skɹiːn secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed covert actions by the CIA covert funding for the rebels (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband a woman covert 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 a flock of coots