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11 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cove \Cove\ (k[=o]v), n. [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben
pigsty, orig., hut, Icel. kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.]
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1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet,
creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
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Vessels which were in readiness for him within
secret coves and nooks. --Holland.
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2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess
in the side of a mountain. [U.S.]
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cove \Cove\, n. [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.]
A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang]
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There's a gentry cove here. --Wit's
Recreations
(1654).
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Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink
Be not filched from us. --Mrs.
Browning.
[1913 Webster] Covelline
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coved} (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Coving}.] (Arch.)
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in
the form of a cove.
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The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are
rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H.
Swinburne.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cove \Cove\, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See {Covey}.]
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
[Obs.]
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Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she
[the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
--Holland.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cove
n 1: a small inlet
2: small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "cove":
Adamite, abri, alcove, antre, apse, arcade, arcature, arch,
arched roof, archway, arm, armlet, bastard, bay, bayou, being,
belt, bight, bird, boca, body, bugger, bunker, burrow, camber,
carrel, cat, cave, cavern, ceilinged roof, chap, character,
concameration, concha, corner, cranny, creature, creek, cubby,
cubbyhole, cubicle, cupola, customer, dome, duck, dugout,
earthling, estuary, euripus, feller, fellow, fjord, foxhole, frith,
geodesic dome, grot, grotto, groundling, gulf, gut, guy, hand,
harbor, head, hole, homo, human, human being, igloo, individual,
inglenook, inlet, jasper, joker, keystone, kyle, lad, lair, life,
living soul, loch, man, mortal, mouth, narrow, narrow seas,
narrows, natural harbor, niche, nook, nose, ogive, one, oriel,
party, person, personage, personality, pitchhole, reach, recess,
recession, road, roads, roadstead, roomlet, sewer, single,
skewback, slough, snuggery, somebody, someone, soul, sound, span,
strait, straits, stud, subterrane, subway, tellurian, terran,
tunnel, vault, vaulting, voussoir, warren, worldling
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cove, AR (town, FIPS 15700)
Location: 34.43502 N, 94.40923 W
Population (1990): 346 (170 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71937
Cove, OR (city, FIPS 16250)
Location: 45.29670 N, 117.80949 W
Population (1990): 507 (201 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97824
Cove, TX (town, FIPS 17336)
Location: 29.81322 N, 94.82491 W
Population (1990): 402 (152 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Cove, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 383
Housing Units (2000): 181
Land area (2000): 1.727962 sq. miles (4.475400 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.727962 sq. miles (4.475400 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15700
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.436384 N, 94.411845 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71937
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cove, AR
Cove
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Cove, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 594
Housing Units (2000): 247
Land area (2000): 0.810461 sq. miles (2.099085 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.810461 sq. miles (2.099085 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16250
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.298536 N, 117.809329 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97824
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cove, OR
Cove
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Cove, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 323
Housing Units (2000): 146
Land area (2000): 1.217325 sq. miles (3.152857 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.045900 sq. miles (0.118880 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.263225 sq. miles (3.271737 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17336
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.813446 N, 94.825020 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cove, TX
Cove
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Cove, UT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Utah
Population (2000): 443
Housing Units (2000): 123
Land area (2000): 15.037163 sq. miles (38.946071 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 15.037163 sq. miles (38.946071 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16490
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.959069 N, 111.792783 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cove, UT
Cove
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