[kohv] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, coved, cov·ing. | 1. | a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river. |
| 2. | a sheltered nook. |
| 3. | a hollow or recess in a mountain; cave; cavern. |
| 4. | a narrow pass between woods or hills. |
| 5. | a sheltered area between woods or hills. |
| 6. | Architecture.
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| 7. | to make or become a cove. |
] Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
[kohv] Pronunciation Key | 1. | British Slang. a person; fellow. |
| 2. | Australian Slang. a manager, esp. of a sheep station. |
] Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| cove 1
(kōv) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. coved, cov·ing, coves To make in an inward curving form. [Middle English, chamber, cave, from Old English cofa.] |
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| cove 2
(kōv) Pronunciation Key
n. Chiefly British A fellow; a man. [Probably from Romany kova, man.] |
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cove
| cove | |
noun | |
| 1. | a small inlet |
| 2. | small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain |
Cove City, NC (town, FIPS 14980) Location: 35.18842 N, 77.32187 W
Population (1990): 497 (193 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28523
Cove Gap, WV Zip code(s): 25534
Cove Neck, NY (village, FIPS 18597) Location: 40.88438 N, 73.49663 W
Population (1990): 332 (143 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Big Cove Tannery, PA Zip code(s): 17212
Green Cove Sprin, FL Zip code(s): 32043
Green Cove Springs, FL (city, FIPS 27400) Location: 29.98973 N, 81.67885 W
Population (1990): 4497 (1819 housing units)
Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 6.8 sq km (water)
Cove, OR (city, FIPS 16250) Location: 45.29670 N, 117.80949 W
Population (1990): 507 (201 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97824
Cove, AR (town, FIPS 15700) Location: 34.43502 N, 94.40923 W
Population (1990): 346 (170 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71937
Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village, NV (CDP, FIPS 86300) Location: 38.99448 N, 119.91629 W
Population (1990): 1434 (1458 housing units)
Area: 20.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Cove, TX (town, FIPS 17336) Location: 29.81322 N, 94.82491 W
Population (1990): 402 (152 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Cottonwood Cove, NV Zip code(s): 89046
Walnut Cove, NC (town, FIPS 70780) Location: 36.29482 N, 80.13934 W
Population (1990): 1088 (461 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27052
Tomkins Cove, NY Zip code(s): 10986
Shady Cove, OR (city, FIPS 66550) Location: 42.61179 N, 122.81870 W
Population (1990): 1351 (621 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97539
Orange Cove, CA (city, FIPS 54008) Location: 36.62245 N, 119.31745 W
Population (1990): 5604 (1316 housing units)
Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 93646
King Cove, AK (city, FIPS 39410) Location: 55.05857 N, 162.29982 W
Population (1990): 451 (127 housing units)
Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99612
Glen Cove, NY (city, FIPS 29113) Location: 40.89153 N, 73.63880 W
Population (1990): 24149 (8798 housing units)
Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 32.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 11542
Big Cove, AL Zip code(s): 35763
Halibut Cove, AK (CDP, FIPS 31270) Location: 59.58722 N, 151.23766 W
Population (1990): 78 (93 housing units)
Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 12.0 sq km (water)
Coffman Cove, AK (city, FIPS 16360) Location: 56.00817 N, 132.83906 W
Population (1990): 186 (81 housing units)
Area: 30.2 sq km (land), 9.2 sq km (water)
Miller's Cove, TX (town, FIPS 48478) Location: 33.15574 N, 95.11558 W
Population (1990): 75 (23 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Copperas Cove, TX (city, FIPS 16624) Location: 31.11875 N, 97.90178 W
Population (1990): 24079 (9307 housing units)
Area: 24.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Cube Cove, AK (CDP, FIPS 18030) Location: 57.93509 N, 134.71123 W
Population (1990): 156 (38 housing units)
Area: 30.2 sq km (land), 14.0 sq km (water)
Sandalfoot Cove, FL (CDP, FIPS 63450) Location: 26.33889 N, 80.18778 W
Population (1990): 14214 (7179 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Fruit Cove, FL (CDP, FIPS 24925) Location: 30.10091 N, 81.61851 W
Population (1990): 5904 (2182 housing units)
Area: 45.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Elfin Cove, AK (CDP, FIPS 22140) Location: 58.18625 N, 136.33683 W
Population (1990): 57 (44 housing units)
Area: 29.5 sq km (land), 28.1 sq km (water)
Oyster Bay Cove, NY (village, FIPS 56011) Location: 40.85920 N, 73.50439 W
Population (1990): 2109 (699 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA (CDP, FIPS 36203) Location: 33.74726 N, 116.72316 W
Population (1990): 2853 (3668 housing units)
Area: 35.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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\, 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\, 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.Cove
Cove\, n. [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.] A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang] There's a gentry cove here. --Wit's Recreations (1654). Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. --Mrs. Browning.
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