Meaning of dove | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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
2. A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
   uncountable
3. A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
   countable
4. A river in Suffolk, England, a tributary of the Waveney.
   uncountable
5. Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
   countable
6. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
   uncountable
7. A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
   countable, uncountable
8. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis.
   uncountable
9. Ellipsis of love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang
10. A surname.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations.”

“O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.”

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