dove
IPA: dˈʌv
noun
- (countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
- (countable, politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
- (countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
- A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
- A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
- An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
- A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis.
- A surname.
- (slang, countable) Short for love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”). [(slang) A tablet of the drug ecstasy.]
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Examples of "dove" in Sentences
- The dove builds the nest.
- The dove embodies the peace.
- He plays the sound of doves cooing.
- There are sparrows and doves in my backyard.
- It is able to interbreed with the Barbary Dove.
- The Dove is the boundary between the two counties.
- The gimmick of the dove pan lies in the design of the lid.
- At the coronation of Charles he bore the rod with the dove.
- Also he was in a cameo appearance in the movie Lonesome Dove.
- The species mentioned are the eagle, the lark, the dove and the nightingale.