English-Thai Dictionary

covey

N กลุ่ม  คน ที่อยู่ เป็น กลุ่ม  group klum

 

covey

N ฝูง  herd flock fung

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COVEY

n. 1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old fowl with her brood of young. Hence, a small flock or number of fowls together; as a covey of partridges.
2. A company; a set.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COVEY

Cov "ey (kv "), n. Etym: [OF. cov, F. couv, 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.

 

2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.

 

COVEY

COVEY Cov "ey, v. i.

 

Defn: To brood; to incubate. [Obs. ] [Tortoises ] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.

 

COVEY

COVEY Cov "ey, n.

 

Defn: A pantry. [Prov. Eng. ] Parker.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

covey

cov ey |ˈkəvē ˈkəvi | ▶noun ( pl. coveys ) a small party or flock of birds, esp. partridge. • a small group of people or things: coveys of actors rushed through the rooms. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French covee, feminine past participle of cover, from Latin cubare ‘lie down. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

covey

covey |ˈkʌvi | ▶noun ( pl. coveys ) a small flock of birds, especially partridge. • a small group of people or things: coveys of actors rushed through the rooms. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French covee, feminine past participle of cover, from Latin cubare ‘lie down ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

covey

covey noun a covey of audition hopefuls were lined up in the lobby: group, gang, troop, troupe, party, company, band, bevy, flock; knot, cluster; informal bunch, gaggle, posse, crew.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

covey

covey noun a covey of partridges | a covey of young ladies trooped through: group, gang, troop, troupe, party, company, band, body, crowd, pack, army, herd, flock, bevy, drove, horde, galaxy, assemblage, gathering; knot, cluster; informal bunch, gaggle, posse, crew.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

covey

cov ey /kʌ́vi /名詞 複 ～s C 1 (ウズラ (鳥の )シャコなどの )小さな群れ, 一群 .2 人の集まり, 一団 .