- (n.) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
- (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek or bay; a recess in the shore.
- (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.
- (v.t.) To brood, cover, over or sit over, as birds their eggs.
- (n.) A boy or man of any age or station.
- (v.t.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
- (n.) A concave molding.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "cove" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/cove/definitions/1992418> |