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Dove

 (dŭv)
n.
See Columba.

dove 1

 (dŭv)
n.
1. Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.
2. A gentle, innocent person.
3. A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.
[Middle English douve, from Old English *dūfe.]
dov′ish adj.
dov′ish·ness n.

dove 2

 (dōv)
v.
A past tense of dive1. See Usage Note at dive1.
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dove

(dʌv)
n
1. (Animals) any of various birds of the family Columbidae, having a heavy body, small head, short legs, and long pointed wings: order Columbiformes. They are typically smaller than pigeons.
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) politics a person opposed to war. Compare hawk13
3. a gentle or innocent person: used as a term of endearment
4. (Colours)
a. a greyish-brown colour
b. (as adjective): dove walls.
[Old English dūfe (unattested except as a feminine proper name); related to Old Saxon dūbva, Old High German tūba]
ˈdoveˌlike adj
ˈdovish, ˈdoveish adj

dove

(dəʊv)
vb
chiefly US a past tense of dive

Dove

(dʌv)
n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) the Dove Christianity a manifestation of the Holy Spirit (John 1:32)
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dove1

(dʌv)

n.
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, and peace.
3. (cap.) a symbol for the Holy Ghost.
4. a person who advocates peace or a conciliatory national attitude.
5. an innocent or gentle person.
6. a warm gray color.
[1150–1200; Middle English; Old English dūfe- (in dūfedoppa pelican)]
dove′like`, dov′ish, adj.
dov′ish•ness, n.

dove2

(doʊv)

v.
a pt. of dive.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dove - any of numerous small pigeonsdove - any of numerous small pigeons  
pigeon - wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
turtledove - any of several Old World wild doves
Australian turtledove, Stictopelia cuneata, turtledove - small Australian dove
mourning dove, Zenaidura macroura - wild dove of the United States having a mournful call
2.dove - someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relationsdove - someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
peacenik
disarmer, pacificist, pacifist - someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
war hawk, hawk - an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
3.Dove - a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum
Columba
4.dove - flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braisingdove - flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled
squab
domestic pigeon - domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food
poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
5.dove - an emblem of peace
allegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
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dove

noun
Related words
adjective columbine
collective nouns dule, flight
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Translations
حَمامَهيـَمَامَة
holubholubice
due
tuvi
kyyhkykyyhkynenpulu
golubgolubicagrlica
galamb
dúfa
ハト
비둘기
balandis
balodis
porumbel
golobgolobica
duva
นกพิราบ
голуб
chim bồ câu

dove

1 [dʌv] N (Orn) → paloma f (Pol) (= person opposed to war) → pacifista mf
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dove

[ˈdʌv] n
(= bird) → colombe f
(politically) → colombe f
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dove

:
dove-coloured, (US) dove-colored
adj → taubenblau
dovecot(e)
n → Taubenschlag m
dove-grey
adj → taubengrau

dove

1
n (lit, fig) → Taube f
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dove

[dʌv] n → colombo/a (fig) (Pol) → colomba
collared dove → colombo/a dal collare
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dove

(dav) noun
a kind of pigeon.
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dove

→ يـَمَامَة holubice due Taube περιστέρι paloma, palomo kyyhkynen colombe grlica colomba ハト 비둘기 duif due gołębica pombo голубь duva นกพิราบ beyaz güvercin chim bồ câu 鸽子
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A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her.
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A little farther on was one of the family burial spots so common in those parts, and just this side of it Captain Fred Dove ordered his company to halt, explaining his reason for so doing in the following words
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As Columba is the Latin for dove, the dove became a sort of signification of the nunnery.
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Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.
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Perhaps some of the most beautiful lines are those which tell of the dove that Noah sent forth from the ark.
A second time the dove is sent forth, and this is how the poet tells of it:--
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For a moment she paused, and then, almost noiselessly, dove overboard and disappeared beneath the black waters.
Again she dove and with strong strokes headed for the shore.
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The children especially going to school, the bluish doves flying down from the roofs to the pavement, and the little loaves covered with flour, thrust out by an unseen hand, touched him.
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There too the turtle doves sat over the spring, or fluttered from bough to bough of the soft white pines over my head; or the red squirrel, coursing down the nearest bough, was particularly familiar and inquisitive.
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Thoughts that come with doves' footsteps guide the world.
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