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Cove
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- 1 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona. countable, uncountable
- 2 The official active supporters' group of Sydney FC (an Australian soccer club based in Sydney). Australia
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Polk County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Union County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Chambers County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah. countable, uncountable
- 8 A small village in Tiverton parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9519). countable, uncountable
- 9 A suburb of Farnborough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8556). countable, uncountable
- 10 Three villages in Scotland:; A coastal village on the Rosneath peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NS2282). countable, uncountable
- 11 Three villages in Scotland:; A hamlet on Loch Ewe, Highland council area (OS grid ref NG8090). countable, uncountable
- 12 Three villages in Scotland:; A coastal village near Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT7871). countable, uncountable
- 13 Three villages in Scotland:; Ellipsis of Cove Bay, Aberdeen. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 14 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
- 1 A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. uncommon
- 2 A fellow; a man. British, Lewis, dated, informal
"Don’t call Major Pendennis an old cove, if you’ll ’ave the goodness, Lightfoot, and don’t call me an old cove, nether. Such words ain’t used in society; and we have lived in the fust society, both at ’ome and foring."
- 3 a small inlet wordnet
- 4 A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
- 5 A friend; a mate. Australia, Polari
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- 6 small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain wordnet
- 7 A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
"secret coves and noukes"
- 8 A strip of prairie extending into woodland. US
- 9 A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. Cumbria
- 10 The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
- 11 A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
- 12 A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks. Appalachia
"They were, despite their ignorance, unavoidably prosperous since their farm occupied a wide piece of cove bottom with dirt so black and rich it would raise sweet potatoes as long as your arm[.]"
- 1 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."
- 2 Of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs). ambitransitive, obsolete
"Moreover, the provident care of the tortoiſe in the generation, nouriſhment and preſervation of [h]er yooung, is vvoonderfull: for out ſhe goeth of the ſea, and laieth her egges or caſteth her ſpavvne upon the banke ſide; but being not able to cove or ſit upon them, nor to remaine herſelfe upon the land out of the ſea any long time, ſhe beſtovveth them in the gravell, and aftervvards covereth them vvith the lighteſt and fineſt ſand ſhe can get: […]"
Etymology
From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with Dutch koof (“cove”), German Low German Koov (“small room”), German Koben (“nook, shed”), Icelandic kofi (“hut, shack”). This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblance to the unrelated word English cave. Also unrelated to Spanish cueva, which itself is a cognate of cave.
From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with Dutch koof (“cove”), German Low German Koov (“small room”), German Koben (“nook, shed”), Icelandic kofi (“hut, shack”). This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblance to the unrelated word English cave. Also unrelated to Spanish cueva, which itself is a cognate of cave.
Britain ante-1570. From Romani kodo (“this one, him”), perhaps change in consonants due to lower class th-fronting, or Romani kova (“that person”).
Borrowed from French couver, from Old French cover (“to hatch (eggs)”), from Latin cubāre (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). Cognates * Italian covare
From Old English cofa (“cave, cove, hollow, cavern”).
From Sydney Cove.
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