COVEY
What does "COVEY" mean?
A small flock of game birds, especially partridges or quail.
Meanings
- A brood or small flock of partridges, quail, or similar game birds. A covey of quail burst from the brush as the dog approached.
- A small group of people or things gathered together. A covey of reporters waited at the courthouse steps. figurative
Did you know?
- A 'covey' literally means 'a brood that was sat on': it comes from Old French for hatching, from Latin 'cubare', to lie down - the same root behind 'incubate'.
Word origin
From Old French 'covee' (a brood), from 'cover' (to sit on, to brood, to hatch), from Latin 'cubare' (to lie down) - the covey is, literally, what was brooded.
Remember it
A COVEY is a cozy COVE of birds - a sheltered little huddle that bursts up all at once.
A little poem
Stillness in the grass-
then the whole hidden covey
becomes one loud wing.
haiku
What it teaches
What hides as quiet grass can rise as sudden thunder; small things gathered are never as small as they look.
Quick facts
What does COVEY mean?
A small flock of game birds, especially partridges or quail.
Is COVEY a valid word?
Yes — COVEY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is COVEY?
COVEY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does COVEY come from?
From Old French 'covee' (a brood), from 'cover' (to sit on, to brood, to hatch), from Latin 'cubare' (to lie down) - the covey is, literally, what was brooded.
What can COVEY teach us?
What hides as quiet grass can rise as sudden thunder; small things gathered are never as small as they look.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.