Definition of Cove. Meaning of Cove. Synonyms of Cove

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Definition of Cove

Cove
Cove Cove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coving.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H. Swinburne. Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.
Cove
Cove Cove (k[=o]v), n. [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben pigsty, orig., hut, Icel kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.] 1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore. Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. --Holland. 2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.] 3. (Arch.) (a) A concave molding. (b) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
Cove
Cove Cove, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See Covey.] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.] Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. --Holland.

Meaning of Cove from wikipedia

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- up Cove, cove, or coving in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Cove or coving may also refer to: Cove, Argyll...
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- Beaver Cove may refer to: Beaver Cove, Maine, U.S. Beaver Cove (British Columbia), a cove on Vancouver Island, Canada Beaver Cove, British Columbia, a...
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- Big Cove may refer to: Big Cove, Alabama, U.S. Big Cove YMCA Camp, in Nova Scotia, Canada Elsipogtog First Nation, a First Nation community in Canada...
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