Cove

Word COVE
Character 4
Hyphenation cove
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Definitions and meanings of "Cove"

What do we mean by cove?

A small sheltered bay in the shoreline of a sea, river, or lake. noun

A recess or small valley in the side of a mountain. noun

A cave or cavern. noun

A narrow gap or pass between hills or woods. noun

A concave molding. noun

A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall. noun

To make in an inward curving form. transitive verb

A fellow; a man. noun

A man; a person; a fellow: generally preceded by some adjective: as, an old cove; a rum cove; a flash cove, etc. noun

A small inlet, creek, or bay; a recess or nook in the shore of any considerable body of water. noun

Hence A hollow, nook, or recess in a mountain, or among mountains. noun

In architecture, a concavity; any kind of concave molding; the hollow of a vault. noun

In ship-building, a curved or arched molding at the bottom of the taffrail. An elliptical molding above it was called the arch of the cove. noun

To brood, cover, or sit over.

To arch over.

A boy or man of any age or station. noun

A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore. noun

A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. noun

A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.

A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.

A strip of prairie extending into woodland.

A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.

The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.

A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

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The word "cove" in example sentences

I'm fishing smack in the middle of New York City, on Central Park's Loeb Lake, and this cove is a tiny pocket in this 843-acre living work of art conceived 150 years ago by the great landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. ❋ Ned Crabb (2010)

The cove is often listed among the best beaches in the world, and back then stars such as Liz Taylor and Richard Burton would fly in by helicopter before partying on the beach. ❋ Sarfraz Manzoor (2010)

And some time, when we get together in San Francisco, I'll lead you up against Bierce -- the one this cove is named after. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The city-stateof Argos, ringing a mountainous cove, is a breathtaking bit of CGI imagery, while the gorgon and its lair are chillinglyatmospheric. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The tranquil cove is sheltered from the open sea behind a tier of craggy sea stacks. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I calls my cove -- for he is my cove -- a snarler; because your first-rates at matthew mattocks are called snarlers, and for no other reason; for the chap, though with a high front, is a good chap, and once drank a glass of ale with me, after buying an animal out of my stable. ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

News Dolphins herded in Japanese cove but none killedSource: Asociated ❋ Unknown (2010)

Troy’s harbor has been identified as a cove just beyond the Beik Promontory in the center of the photo. ❋ Barry Strauss (2006)

Attempts to keep the public from accessing the cove are aggressive and, for the most part, successful. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The cove was an endless, restless sheet of gray steel that would soon turn black as night descended. ❋ Jayne Ann Krentz (1996)

So in my mind I set a definition of what I was going to call a cove, and what I would not. ❋ McCullough, Colleen, 1937- (1993)

Bathed in afternoon light, the cove was a snowy crescent flecked with the chipped crystal glitter of shells. ❋ Wurts, Janny (1989)

Tucked up in the hills behind the cove was the home of a famous Caribbean landscape painter, the old recluse Eric Downes. ❋ Patterson, James, 1947- (1977)

"Well, the cove is a good way off," said Andy, getting back his breath. ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1973)

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