coverts

noun

plural of covert
1
as in hideouts
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected

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2
as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert

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  1. hideouts
  2. nests
  3. lairs
Noun
  • Others recounted people falling sick, being beaten by the rain, and told to hide whenever Nigerian military helicopters flew over the forest hideouts where the captors held them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Security forces carried out a ground operation along the border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.
    — Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of hideouts
Noun
  • In the Chesapeake Bay, osprey chicks are dying in their nests at rates not seen since the DDT era.
    — Mark Robichaux, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Paper wasps build nests under eaves, benches and fence railings and will sting if disturbed.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of nests
Noun
  • These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Definition of lairs
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