[duhv] Pronunciation Key | 1. | any bird of the family Columbidae, esp. the smaller species with pointed tails. Compare pigeon (def. 1). |
| 2. | a pure white member of this species, used as a symbol of innocence, gentleness, tenderness, and peace. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter ) a symbol for the Holy Ghost. |
| 4. | an innocent, gentle, or tender person. |
| 5. | Also called peace dove. a person, esp. one in public office, who advocates peace or a conciliatory national attitude. Compare hawk1 (def. 4). |
| 6. | dove color. |
| 7. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Columba. |
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[duhv] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Arthur, 1880–1946, U.S. painter. |
| 2. | Rita, born 1952, U.S. poet and educator: U.S. poet laureate 1993. |
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[dahyv] Pronunciation Key verb, dived or dove, dived, div·ing, noun | 1. | to plunge into water, esp. headfirst. |
| 2. | to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine. |
| 3. | to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets. |
| 4. | Aeronautics. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly. |
| 5. | to penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one's purse. |
| 6. | to dart: to dive into a doorway. |
| 7. | to enter deeply or plunge into a subject, activity, etc. |
| 8. | to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend. |
| 9. | to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket. |
| 10. | an act or instance of diving. |
| 11. | a jump or plunge into water, esp. in a prescribed way from a diving board. |
| 12. | the vertical or nearly vertical descent of an airplane at a speed surpassing the possible speed of the same plane in level flight. |
| 13. | a submerging, as of a submarine or skindiver. |
| 14. | a dash, plunge, or lunge, as if throwing oneself at or into something: He made a dive for the football. |
| 15. | a sudden or sharp decline, as in stock prices. |
| 16. | Informal. a dingy or disreputable bar or nightclub. |
| 17. | Boxing. a false show of being knocked out, usually in a bout whose result has been prearranged: to take a dive in an early round. |
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| Co·lum·ba
(kə-lŭm'bə) Pronunciation Key
n. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis. Also called Dove. [Latin columba, dove.] |
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| dive 1
(dīv) Pronunciation Key
v. dived or dove (dōv), dived, div·ing, dives v. intr.
v. tr. To cause (an aircraft, for example) to dive. n.
[Middle English diven, from Old English dȳfan, to dip, and from dūfan, to sink; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: Either dove or dived is acceptable as the past tense of dive. Usage preferences show regional distribution, although both forms are heard throughout the United States. According to the Dictionary of American Regional English, in the North, dove is more prevalent; in the South Midland, dived. Dived is actually the earlier form, and the emergence of dove may appear anomalous in light of the general tendencies of change in English verb forms. Old English had two classes of verbs: strong verbs, whose past tense was indicated by a change in their vowel (a process that survives in such present-day English verbs as drive/drove or fling/flung); and weak verbs, whose past was formed with a suffix related to -ed in Modern English (as in present-day English live/lived and move/moved). Since the Old English period, many verbs have changed from the strong pattern to the weak one; for example, the past tense of step, formerly stop, became stepped. Over the years, in fact, the weak pattern has become so prevalent that we use the term regular to refer to verbs that form their past tense by suffixation of -ed. However, there have occasionally been changes in the other direction: the past tense of wear, now wore, was once werede, and that of spit, now spat, was once spitede. The development of dove is an additional example of the small group of verbs that have swum against the historical tide. |
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| dove 1
(dŭv) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English douve, from Old English *dūfe.] dov'ish adj., dov'ish·ness n. |
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| dove 2
(dōv) Pronunciation Key
v. A past tense of dive1. See Usage Note at dive1. See Regional Note at wake1. |
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| Dove
(dŭv) Pronunciation Key
n. See Columba. |
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dove
| dove | |
noun | |
| 1. | any of numerous small pigeons |
| 2. | someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations [ant: hawk] |
| 3. | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum [syn: Columba] |
| 4. | flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled [syn: squab] |
| 5. | an emblem of peace |
Dove
An economic policy advisor that promote the maintenance of low interest rates. Their premise is that inflation and its negative effects upon society are minimal.
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Doves prefer low interest rates as a means of igniting growth within the economy. They believe the negative effects are negligible in the larger scheme of things.
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Dove
Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d?fe; akin to OS. d?ba, D. duif, OHG. t?ba, G. taube, Icel. d?fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d?b?; perh. from the root of E. dive.]1. (Zo["o]l.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous. Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is C. turtur or Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of European species, is C. palumbus; the Carolina dove, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or Alle alle). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and Rock pigeon. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost. 2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii. 14. Dove tick (Zo["o]l.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests doves and other birds. Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang]Dove
In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated "dove-cots" are prepared for them (Cant. 2:14; Jer. 48:28; Isa. 60:8). The dove was placed on the standards of the Assyrians and Babylonians in honour, it is supposed, of Semiramis (Jer. 25:38; Vulg., "fierceness of the dove;" comp. Jer. 46:16; 50:16). Doves and turtle-doves were the only birds that could be offered in sacrifice, as they were clean according to the Mosaic law (Ge. 15:9; Lev. 5:7; 12:6; Luke 2:24). The dove was the harbinger of peace to Noah (Gen. 8:8, 10). It is often mentioned as the emblem of purity (Ps. 68:13). It is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2; Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32); also of tender and devoted affection (Cant. 1:15; 2:14). David in his distress wished that he had the wings of a dove, that he might fly away and be at rest (Ps. 55:6-8). There is a species of dove found at Damascus "whose feathers, all except the wings, are literally as yellow as gold" (68:13).
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