Covercle, n. Lid, small cover.
Covering, n. Cover, tegument, integument, capsule, top, case.
Coverlet, Coverlid, n. Counterpane.
Covert, n.
- 1. Thicket, shade, shrubbery, underwood.
- 2. Shelter, refuge, asylum, harbor, sanctuary, retreat, defence, hiding-place.
Covert, a. Hidden, concealed, secret, disguised, clandestine, underhand, sly, insidious, stealthy.
Covet, v. a.
- 1. Desire, long for, aim after, aspire to.
- 2. Desire inordinately, long for enviously, lust after, hanker after.
Covetous, a. Eager, very desirous (usually in a bad sense, though sometimes in a good sense), greedy, enviously desirous, inordinately desirous, avaricious.
Covetousness, n. Avarice, cupidity, inordinate desire or greed, greed of gain.
Covey, n.
- 1. Brood.
- 2. Flock.
- 3. Set, company, party, bevy.
Covin, Covine, n. (Law.) Collusion.
Covinous, a. (Law.) Fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest, deceptive, collusive.
Cow, v. a. Overawe, intimidate, frighten, daunt, abash, discourage, dishearten, break, subdue by fear.
Coward, n. Dastard, poltroon, craven, recreant, milksop.
Coward, a. See cowardly.
Cowardice, n. Pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather.
Cowardliness, n. See cowardice.
Cowardly, a. Pusillanimous, dastardly, craven, fearful, timorous, timid, coward, recreant, base, faint- hearted, chicken-hearted white-livered, showing the white feather.