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cove
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?v
- (General American) IPA(key): /ko?v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??v/
- Rhymes: -??v
- Homophone: Cobh
Etymology 1
From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with German Koben, Swedish kova. This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblence to the unrelated word "cave".
Noun
cove (plural coves)
- (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]
- (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.]
- A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. [from 16th c.]
- 1600, Philemon Holland, The Romane Historie
- secret coves and noukes
- 1600, Philemon Holland, The Romane Historie
- (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
- A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. [from 19th c.]
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
- (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
- 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain
- The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
- 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain
Etymology 2
Britain ante-1570. From Romani kodo (“this one, him”), perhaps change in consonants due to lower class th-fronting, or Romani kova (“that person”).
Noun
cove (plural coves)
- (Britain, dated, informal, thieves' cant) A fellow; a man.
- (Australia and Polari) A friend; a mate.
Synonyms
- (man): See Thesaurus:man
- (friend): See Thesaurus:friend
Antonyms
- (man): covess, mort (specific antonyms)
- (man): See Thesaurus:woman (general antonyms)
- (friend): See Thesaurus:enemy
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Compare French couver, Italian covare. See covey.
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
- To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals (originally by Plutarch)
- Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals (originally by Plutarch)
Anagrams
- Voce
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cophinus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kóphinos, “basket”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?k?.v?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?k?.b?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?k?.ve/
Noun
cove m (plural coves)
- A large basket
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ko.ve/
- Hyphenation: có?ve
Noun
cove f
- plural of cova
Anagrams
- voce
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grotto
English
Etymology
From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????t.??/
- (US) IPA(key): /????.to?/
- Rhymes: -?t??
Noun
grotto (plural grottos or grottoes)
- A small cave.
- An artificial cavern-like retreat.
- A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.
- A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.
- 1987, National Speleological Society, NSS News, vol. 45-46, p.331:
- An earlier attempt to organize a grotto in the Indiana, PA, area in the mid-1970s failed to succeed, but from it developed the informal Chestnut Ridge Explorers Association.
- 1987, National Speleological Society, NSS News, vol. 45-46, p.331:
- (Satanism) A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists.
Derived terms
- grot
- Santa's grotto
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