covey

covey meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

Examples of covey in a sentence

• Maria, still fondly lingering by Harry's chair, with her hand at the back of it, could see his cards, and that a whole covey of trumps was ranged in one corner.1857–1858, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “Plenum Opus Aleæ”, in The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume I, London: Bradbury &...
• The store is on a corner about which coveys of ragged-plumed, hilarious children play and become candidates for the cough drops and soothing syrups that wait for them inside.1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y....
• A covey of grey soldiers clanked down the platform at the double with their equipment and embarked, but in absolute silence, which seemed to them very singular.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished in The Avignon Quintet, London: Faber and Faber, 2004...
• There is a duck called the raft duck, because it is so numerous, coveying together in "whole rafts."1869, J[ohn] S[ullivan] Adams, quoting The New York World, “Florida”, in Florida: Its Climate, Soil, and Productions, […], Jacksonville...

Synonyms of covey

• bloke
• cove
• fellow
• guy
• boy
• bro
• broski
• bruh
• chield
• dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)

All synonyms of covey

Forms of covey

Plural of covey: covies or coveys

Origin of covey

The noun is derived from Middle English covei, covey (“brood of partridges, covey; volley of shot; kind of gun”) [and other forms], from Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”) (modern French couvée), a noun use of the feminine past participle of cover (“to brood (an egg)”) (modern French couver), from Latin cubāre, the present active infinitive of cubō (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates French couvée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”), couver (“to brood (an egg)”) Italian covata (“brood, clutch, covey, hatch”), covare (“to brood or incubate (an egg)”)

From cove + -y (diminutive suffix). Cove is derived from Romani kodo (“this one; him”) or kova (“that person”).

Reduced form of McCovey.

Words formed from covey

• covie

Related words

• cove

Words that rhyme with covey

• lovey
• luvvy
• covie
• glovey
• lovie
• luvvie

Questions about covey

What does covey mean?

Covey means a brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).

What is covey in Tamil?

Covey in Tamil is பறவைகளின் சிறு கூட்டம், திரள், சிறிய குழு. See Covey meaning in Tamil.

How do you use covey in a sentence?

Maria, still fondly lingering by Harry's chair, with her hand at the back of it, could see his cards, and that a whole covey of trumps was ranged in one corner.

What part of speech is covey?

Covey can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce covey?

Covey is pronounced /ˈkʌvi/ (UK).

What is the plural of covey?

The plural of covey is covies.