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cove

1  [kohv] noun, verb, coved, cov⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
a. a concave surface or molding.
b. a concave surface forming part of a ceiling at its edge so as to eliminate the usual interior angle between the wall and ceiling.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
7. to make or become a cove.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE cofa cave, den, closet; c. ON kofi hut, Gk gýpē cave
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cove

2  [kohv]
–noun
1. British Slang. a person; fellow.
2. Australian Slang. a manager, esp. of a sheep station.
Origin:
1560–70; said to be < Romany kova creature
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cove 1   (kōv)   
n.  

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

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

    2. A cave or cavern.

    3. A concave molding.

    4. A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall. Also called coving.

  3. A narrow gap or pass between hills or woods.

  4. Architecture

    1. A concave molding.

    2. A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall. Also called coving.

tr.v.   coved, cov·ing, coves
To make in an inward curving form.

[Middle English, chamber, cave, from Old English cofa.]
cove 2   (kōv)   
n.   Chiefly British
A fellow; a man.

[Probably from Romany kova, man.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

cove 
O.E. cofa "small chamber, cell," from P.Gmc. *kubon. Extension of meaning to "small bay" is 1590, apparently via Scot. dialectal meaning "small hollow place in coastal rocks" (c.950).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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