English Explanatory Dictionary

dove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
  2. A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
  3. Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
  4. A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
  5. Ellipsis of love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
verb
  1. simple past of dive
  2. past participle of dive
name
  1. A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
  2. A river in Suffolk, England, a tributary of the Waveney.
  3. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
  4. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis.
  5. A surname.

Pronunciation

/dʌv/ en-us-dove-noun.ogg /dʊv/ dōv /dəʊv/ /doʊv/ en-us-dove-verb.ogg dŭv

Word forms

dove doves

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *dūbaną? Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ Proto-West Germanic *dūbā Old English *dūfe Middle English douve English dove Inherited from Middle English douve, dove, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”). Cognate with Scots doo, dow, Saterland Frisian Duuwe, West Frisian do, Dutch duif, Afrikaans duif, Sranan Tongo doifi, German Taube, German Low German Duuv, Dutch Low Saxon duve, doeve, Danish due, Faroese dúgva, Icelandic dúfa, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due, Swedish duva, Yiddish טויב (toyb), Gothic *𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*dubō).

Synonyms

culver dove peace dove

Antonyms

hawk

Derived words

Asian emerald dove Barbary dove bar-shouldered dove beautiful fruit dove blue ground dove collared dove cuckoo dove cuckoo-dove cushat dove cushat-dove dead dove diamond dove dovecot dovecote Dove Creek dove-eyed dove gray dove grey dovehouse dovekie dovelet dovelike doveling dovely dove of peace dove orchid dove plant doveplum dove shell doveship dovetail dove tree dove weed dovish eared dove Fleet Street dove fruit dove fruit-dove Galapagos dove ground dove Inca dove laughing dove little brown dove lovey-dovey moaning dove mourning dove Nicobar dove Pacific dove palm dove peaceful dove Philippine cuckoo-dove quail dove quail-dove rain dove release dove ringdove ring dove ringed dove ringneck dove rock dove
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