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Cove

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Noun

1. cove

a small inlet

2. cove

small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cove

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noun
1. 
a small bay or inlet, usually between rocky headlands
2. 
a narrow cavern formed in the sides of cliffs, mountains, etc, usually by erosion
3. 
a sheltered place
4. Also called: coving architecture
a concave curved surface between the wall and ceiling of a room
verb
5. (transitive)
to form an architectural cove in
noun
1. old-fashioned, slang, British and Australian
a fellow; chap
2. Australian history
an overseer of convict labourers

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Cove

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noun
1. 
a sheltered nook or recess, as in cliffs
2. 
a small bay or inlet
3.  US
a small valley or pass
4.  US
a strip of open land extending into the woods
5.  Architecture
a. 
a concave molding, esp. one where the wall meets the ceiling or floor
b. 
a trough for concealed light fixtures on a wall near a ceiling
c. 
a concave arch or vault
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: coved or ˈcoving
6. 
to form in a cove; curve concavely
noun
British, Slang
a boy or man; chap; fellow

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cove

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n.
1. A small sheltered bay in the shoreline of a sea, river, or lake.
2.
a. A recess or small valley in the side of a mountain.
b. A cave or cavern.
3. A narrow gap or pass between hills or woods.
4. Architecture
a. A concave molding.
b. 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.
n.
Chiefly British
A fellow; a man.

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