Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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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