English Explanatory Dictionary

cove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
  2. A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
  3. A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
  4. A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
  5. A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
  6. The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
  7. A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
  8. 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.
verb
  1. To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
noun
  1. A fellow; a man.
  2. A friend; a mate.
verb
  1. Of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs).
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona.
  3. A town in Polk County, Arkansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
  5. A minor city in Union County, Oregon.
  6. A minor city in Chambers County, Texas.
  7. A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah.
  8. A small village in Tiverton parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9519).
  9. A suburb of Farnborough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8556).
  10. Three villages in Scotland:
  11. A coastal village on the Rosneath peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NS2282).
  12. A hamlet on Loch Ewe, Highland council area (OS grid ref NG8090).
name
  1. The official active supporters' group of Sydney FC (an Australian soccer club based in Sydney).

Pronunciation

kōv /kəʊv/ /koʊv/ /kəʉv/ EN-AU ck1 cove.ogg /kɐʉv/ /kov/ /koːv/

Word forms

cove coves coving coved couve the Cove

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.

Synonyms

man friend covie

Antonyms

covess mort blone woman enemy

Derived words

Castle Cove Copperas Cove covelet covelike cove molding Covian Covina East Cove Port Glen Cove Green Cove Springs Huntleys Cove Lane Cove Lulworth Cove Middle Cove North Arm Cove Quathiaski Cove shallow cove Abraham's Cove Adam's Cove Admiral's Cove Angels Cove Arnold's Cove Aspen Cove Bear Cove Birchy Cove Bird Cove Bishop's Cove Black Duck Cove Boyd's Cove Bradley's Cove Brent's Cove Broad Cove Bryant's Cove Bunyan's Cove Burgoynes Cove Burnt Cove Canning's Cove Caplin Cove Carter's Cove Chance Cove Chapel's Cove Coachman's Cove Comfort Cove Coomb's Cove Cottrell's Cove Cox's Cove Daniel's Cove Diamond Cove Felix Cove Flower's Cove Fox Cove Frenchman's Cove Garden Cove Gooseberry Cove Grates Cove Hatchet Cove Hibb's Cove Hodges Cove Indian Cove Ivany's Cove
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