cove
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a coveTo arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
» The secret cove was a aesthete's dream.
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2 sensesTo arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
(ambitransitive, obsolete)Of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs).
Examples
8 sentencesThe secret cove was a aesthete's dream.
They sailed to the island's secluded cove.
deSie segelten an die entlegene Bucht der Insel. — Natan
A secret cove was hidden by perilous-looking rocks.
The pirates moored their ship in the hidden cove.
Down the coast from the shingle beach was a secluded cove.
Origin
From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with Dutch koof (“cove”), German Low German Koov (“small room”), German Koben (“nook, shed”), Icelandic kofi (“hut, shack”). This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblance to the unrelated word English cave. Also unrelated to Spanish cueva, which itself is a cognate of cave.
Borrowed from French couver, from Old French cover (“to hatch (eggs)”), from Latin cubāre (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”).
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Forms
coves, coving, coved, covedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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