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COVE
cove
(noun) a small inlet
cove
(noun) small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Cove
A town in Arkansas
A city in Oregon
A census-designated place in Utah
A suburb of Farnborough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8556).
Three villages in Scotland
A coastal village on the Rosneath peninsula in Argyll and Bute council area, (OS grid ref NS2282).
A hamlet on Loch Ewe in Highland council area, (OS grid ref NG8090).
A coastal village near Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders council area, (OS grid ref NT7871).
Short for Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Etymology 1
Noun
cove (plural coves)
(now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]
(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.]
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. [from 16th c.]
(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. [from 19th c.]
(nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. [from 19th c.]
(nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. [from 19th c.]
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
Etymology 2
Noun
cove (plural coves)
(British, dated, informal, thieves' cant) A fellow; a man.
(Australia and Polari) A friend; a mate.
Synonyms
• (man): See Thesaurus:man
• (friend): See Thesaurus:friend
Antonyms
• (man): covess, mort (specific antonyms)
• (man): See Thesaurus:woman (general antonyms)
• (friend): See Thesaurus:enemy
Etymology 3
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
Source: Wiktionary
Cove (kv), n. Etym: [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben pigsty, orig., hut, Icel kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.]
1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore. Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. Holland.
2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.]
3. (Arch.) (a) A concave molding. (b) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
Cove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved (kvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coving.] (Arch.)
Definition: To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. H. Swinburne. Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove.
– Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.
Cove, v. t. Etym: [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See Covey.]
Definition: To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.] Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. Holland.
Cove, n. Etym: [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.]
Definition: A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang] There's a gentry cove here. Wit's Recreations (1654). Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
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