Meaning of Cove | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
   uncommon
2. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
3. An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona.
   countable, uncountable
4. The official active supporters' group of Sydney FC (an Australian soccer club based in Sydney).
   Australia
5. A fellow; a man.
   British, Lewis, dated, informal
6. A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
7. A town in Polk County, Arkansas.
   countable, uncountable
8. A friend; a mate.
   Australia, Polari
9. A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
10. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
11. A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
    US
12. A minor city in Union County, Oregon.
    countable, uncountable
13. A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
    Cumbria
14. A minor city in Chambers County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
15. The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
16. A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah.
    countable, uncountable
17. A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
18. A small village in Tiverton parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9519).
    countable, uncountable
19. A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks.
    Appalachia
20. A suburb of Farnborough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8556).
    countable, uncountable
21. Three villages in Scotland:
    countable, uncountable
22. A coastal village on the Rosneath peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NS2282).
    countable, uncountable
23. A hamlet on Loch Ewe, Highland council area (OS grid ref NG8090).
    countable, uncountable
24. A coastal village near Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT7871).
    countable, uncountable
25. Ellipsis of Cove Bay, Aberdeen.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
26. A habitational surname from Old English.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“secret coves and noukes”

“There are several excellent snorkelling spots in the shallow coves around Chimei, and one-day tours (NT$1100 to NT$1300, including transport and food) can be arranged beforehand by your hotel or home-stay.”

“They were, despite their ignorance, unavoidably prosperous since their farm occupied a wide piece of cove bottom with dirt so black and rich it would raise sweet potatoes as long as your arm[.]”

“Don’t call Major Pendennis an old cove, if you’ll ’ave the goodness, Lightfoot, and don’t call me an old cove, nether. Such words ain’t used in society; and we have lived in the fust society, both at ’ome and foring.”

“At one point, a friendly-looking sort of cove with silver hair and a grandfatherly kind of face beamed at him […]”

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