Associations to the word «Cove»

Wiktionary

COVE, noun. (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]
COVE, noun. (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.]
COVE, noun. A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. [from 16th c.]
COVE, noun. (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
COVE, noun. A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. [from 19th c.]
COVE, noun. (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. [from 19th c.]
COVE, noun. (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. [from 19th c.]
COVE, verb. (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
COVE, noun. (British) A fellow; a man.
COVE, noun. (Australia) A friend; a mate.
COVE, verb. To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
COVE, proper noun. A town in Arkansas
COVE, proper noun. A village in Hampshire, England
COVE, proper noun. A city in Oregon
COVE, proper noun. Any one of three villages in Scotland
COVE, proper noun. A CDP in Utah
COVE MOLDING, noun. (architecture) Any molding that has a concave shape.

Dictionary definition

COVE, noun. A small inlet.
COVE, noun. Small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats