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cover crop noun : a crop planted to prevent soil erosion and to provide humus

cov·er·ing noun : something that covers or conceals

cov·er·let noun : a usu. ornamental cloth cover for a bed : BEDSPREAD

1covert adjective 1 : not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : SECRET

2 : SHELTERED

— co·vert·ly adverb

Synonyms

cloistered, isolated, quiet, remote, secluded, secret—more at SECLUDED

clandestine, furtive, hugger-mugger, private, secret, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhanded—more at SECRET

2covert noun 1 : a secret or sheltered place; especially : a thicket sheltering game

2 : a feather covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird

Synonyms

concealment, den, hideout, lair, nest—more at HIDEOUT

brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, thicket—more at THICKET

cov·er–up noun 1 : a device for masking or concealing

2 : a usu. concerted effort to keep an illegal or unethical act or situation from being made public

cov·et verb : to desire enviously (what belongs to another)

Synonyms

ache, crave, desire, die, hanker, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, repine, thirst, want, wish, yearn—more at DESIRE

cov·et·ous adjective : marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions

Synonyms

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, grasping, greedy, mercenary, rapacious—more at GREEDY

cov·et·ous·ness noun : the state of being covetous

Synonyms

acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, cupidity, greed, rapaciousness—more at GREED

cov·ey noun, plural coveys [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF covee sitting (of a hen), fr. cover to sit on, brood over, fr. L cubare to lie]

1 : a bird with her brood of young

2 : a small flock (as of quail)

1cow noun 1 : the mature female of cattle or of an animal (as the moose, elephant, or whale) of which the male is called bull

2 : any domestic bovine animal irrespective of sex or age

2cow verb : to destroy the resolve or courage of : INTIMIDATE

Synonyms

browbeat, bully, hector, intimidate—more at INTIMIDATE

cow·ard noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. OF coart, fr. coe tail, fr. L cauda]

: one who lacks courage or shows shameful fear or timidity

— coward adjective

— cow·ard·ice noun

Synonyms

chicken, craven, dastard, poltroon, recreant, sissy; also defeatist, quitter; pushover, weakling, wimp; snake, sneak

Antonyms

hero, stalwart, valiant

cow·ard·ly adverb or adjective : being, resembling, or befitting a coward

Synonyms

chicken, craven, dastardly, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, yellow; also diffident, fainthearted, fearful, timid, timorous; afraid, frightened, scared; careful, cautious, wary; bashful, coy, shy; feeble, soft, weak

Antonyms

brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, valiant, valorous

cow·bird noun : a small No. American blackbird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds

cow·boy noun : one (as a mounted ranch hand) who tends cattle or horses

cow·er verb : to shrink or crouch down from fear or cold : QUAIL

Synonyms

cringe, grovel, quail; also flinch, recoil, shrink; blanch, blench, whiten; fawn, kowtow, toady

cow·girl noun : a girl or woman who tends cattle or horses

cow·hand noun : one who tends cattle or horses : COWBOY

cow·hide noun 1 : the hide of a cow; also : leather made from it

2 : a coarse whip of braided rawhide

cowl noun : a monk's hood

cow·lick noun : a turned-up tuft of hair that resists control

cowl·ing noun : a usu. metal covering for the engine or another part of an airplane

cow·man noun : one who tends cattle or horses : COWBOY; also : a cattle owner or rancher

co·work·er noun : a fellow worker

cow·poke noun : one who tends cattle or horses : COWBOY

cow pony noun : a strong and agile horse trained for herding cattle

cow·pox noun : a mild disease of the cow that when communicated to humans protects against smallpox

cow·punch·er noun : one