cove
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
nautical
transport
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.
Inflected forms:
form: coves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: coved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: coved
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
pos: noun
tags: uncommon
gloss: A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
pos: noun
gloss: A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
pos: noun
examples: secret coves and noukes
There are several excellent snorkelling spots in the shallow coves around Chimei, and one-day tours (NT$1100 to NT$1300, including transport and food) can be arranged beforehand by your hotel or home-stay.
gloss: A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
pos: noun
tags: Cumbria
gloss: The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
pos: noun
gloss: A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: Appalachia
examples: 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[.]
gloss: To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
pos: verb
examples: The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
Derived words: Castle Cove
Copperas Cove
covelet
covelike
cove molding
Covian
Covina
dub-cove
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
Jackson's Cove
Jemmy's Cove
Job's Cove
King's Cove
Knights Cove
Ladle Cove
Lance Cove
Langdon's Cove
Lead Cove
Lewin's Cove
Long Cove
Lord's Cove
Lower Cove
Lower Island Cove
Maddox Cove
Miles Cove
Nameless Cove
Newman's Cove
Noggin Cove
Norman's Cove
Ochre Pit Cove
Olds Cove
Outer Cove
Parker's Cove
Patrick's Cove
Perry's Cove
Pidgeon Cove
Pool's Cove
Portugal Cove
Pouch Cove
Queens Cove
Red Head Cove
Sally's Cove
Salmon Cove
Sandy Cove
Seal Cove
Sheaves Cove
Ship Cove
Shoal Cove
Sibley's Cove
Spillars Cove
St. Joseph's Cove
Stock Cove
Swells Cove
Three Rock Cove
Tilt Cove
Tors Cove
Trinny Cove
Turks Cove
Upper Amherst Cove
Upper Island Cove
Wild Cove
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