'Covey' definitions:
Definition of 'covey'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small collection of people
noun
A small flock of grouse or partridge
Definition of 'Covey'
From: GCIDE
- Covey \Cov"ey\ (k?v"?), n. [OF. cov?e, F. couv?e, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See Cubit, and cf. Cove to brood.]
- 1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Covey'
From: GCIDE
- Covey \Cov"ey\, v. i. To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Covey'
From: GCIDE
- Covey \Cov"ey\, n. A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] --Parker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'covey'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a mass of,
- a world of,
- age group,
- army,
- band,
- battalion,
- bevy,
- body,
- brigade,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cast,
- charm,
- clique,
- cloud,
- clutter,
- cohort,
- company,
- complement,
- contingent,
- corps,
- coterie,
- crew,
- crowd,
- detachment,
- detail,
- division,
- faction,
- fleet,
- flight,
- flock,
- flocks,
- gaggle,
- gang,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- hail,
- hive,
- host,
- in-group,
- jam,
- junta,
- large amount,
- legion,
- lots,
- many,
- masses of,
- mob,
- movement,
- muchness,
- multitude,
- murmuration,
- nest,
- numbers,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- pack,
- party,
- peer group,
- phalanx,
- plague,
- platoon,
- plurality,
- posse,
- quantities,
- quite a few,
- regiment,
- rout,
- ruck,
- salon,
- scores,
- set,
- shoal,
- skein,
- spring,
- squad,
- stable,
- string,
- swarm,
- team,
- throng,
- tidy sum,
- tribe,
- troop,
- troupe,
- watch,
- wing,
- worlds of