Meaning of due | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bird of the family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.
   feminine
2. a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species)
   feminine, masculine
3. a couple that is very much in love
   feminine, humorous, in-plural, masculine
4. a dove (term of endearment for a woman one holds dearly)
   feminine, masculine, poetic
5. a symbol of peace and reconciliation
   feminine, figuratively, masculine
6. a dove (a person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict)
   feminine, masculine
7. a symbol of the Holy Spirit
   feminine, masculine
8. a clay pigeon (a flying target used as moving target in sport shooting)
   feminine, masculine

Examples

“vær kloke som slanger og troskyldige som duer”

be wise as serpents and faithful as doves

“enkelte av disse blide duer var tilmed så foretaksomme at de ikke nøyde seg med å legge brev og aviser fra seg på det store bordet i hålen”

some of these cheerful pigeons were even so enterprising that they did not content themselves with leaving letters and newspapers on the big table in the hole

“falk og due, due og falk”

falcon and dove, dove and falcon

“leke hauk og due”

play hawk and dove; a game in which one participant tries to catch the other

“hej, øves leg af kælne duer på disse ørkenbrune tuer!”

hey, practice playing with cuddly pigeons on these desert brown tufts!

“lukk opp for mig, min søster, min elskede, min due, min fullkomne”

open up to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect

“fredens due”

dove of peace

“den selvsamme «hauk» som tapte for den republikanske «duen» Hatfield ved senatsvalget”

the very "hawk" who lost to the Republican "dove" Hatfield in the Senate election

“senator Edward M. Kennedy – en av «duene» i amerikansk politikk når det gjelder Vietnam-krigen”

Senator Edward M. Kennedy - one of the "doves" of American politics in the Vietnam War

“[Jesus] så Guds ånd komme ned over seg som en due”

[Jesus] saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove

“Guds klarheds due sidder skjult; ve, aldrig over mig den dalte”

The dove of God's clarity sits hidden; woe, never upon me it fell