COVE

cove

(noun) a small inlet

cove

(noun) small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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