cove - What does it mean?
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Definition of 'cove'Etymology 1
From (etyl) cofa, from (etyl) . Cognate with German Koben, Swedish kofva. This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblence to the unrelated word "cave".
Noun
( en-noun)
(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
* Holland
- vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks
(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
(nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
(nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
( rfex)
Verb
( cov)
(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
* H. Swinburne
- The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Perhaps change in consonants due to lower class th-fronting .
Noun
( en-noun)
(British) A fellow; a man.
(Australia) A friend; a mate.
Derived terms
* Abram cove
* badge-cove
* bang up cove
Etymology 3
Compare (etyl) couver, (etyl) covare. See covey.
Verb
( cov)
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
* Holland
- Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
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Similar to 'cove'cube, cafe, coupe, cave, chive, cape, chafe, cope, chape, chupe, coppe, chope, cubie, cepe, cheve
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