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dove¹ Definition

dove (duv)

noun

  1. pigeon, esp. the smaller species: it is often used as a symbol of peace
  2. ☆ an advocate of measures in international affairs designed to avoid or reduce open hostilities
  3. a person regarded as gentle, innocent, or beloved

Etymology: ME douve < OE *dufe or ON dūfa, akin to Goth dūbo, Ger taube < IE *dheubh-, obscured, dark (of color) < base *dheu-: see dull

dove¹ Related Forms
dov′·ish adjective
dove² Definition

dove (dōv)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

dive

dove Synonyms

dove

n.

  1. A member of the Columbidae

    domesticated pigeon, turtledove, mourning dove, squab; see pigeon.

  2. A promoter of peace

    pacifist, peacemaker, peace lover, activist for peace, pacifier, pacificator, conciliator, United Nations representative, reconciler, appeaser, peacemonger*, peacenik*; see also pacifist.

dove Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • peace: Be a Pigeon Protector Pigeons are actually European rock doves, the beautiful doves of peace.

Converse of object

  • collar: Collared doves, seen in 62 % of gardens, have increased by 525 % .
  • mourn: Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Fairly common, small numbers seen every day.
  • laugh: Laughing Dove ( Streptopelia senegalensis ) - Very common, seen at most sites ( 9 ).
  • release: At 10.00 we released 18 doves - one for each year.

Adjective modifier

  • collared: Eurasian Collared Dove Small numbers seen around towns on four days with a maximum of eight on 28 th.
  • white-tipped: White-tipped Dove: Noted on 5 days at Blue Waters, 25th - 29th.
  • eared: Donald suggested we look for ( Violet ) Eared Dove in the Vieux Fort area in the south.
  • white-winged: White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Seen in small numbers on the Edwards plateau & in the Rio Grande area.
  • red-eyed: Streptopelia semitorquata - Red-eyed Dove Comoé NP: frequently seen at beginning of May with records decreasing toward the end of June 47.
  • lonesome: But, once again, my favorite was Lonesome Dove, and I think that was my best work.

Modifies a noun

  • cottage: Dove Cottage: Sleeps 4 Tourist Board 5 Star Rating.
  • hole: Surprisingly, none have been found of Dove Holes.
  • award: She has 4 gold and 1 platinum selling album to her credit and won multiple Grammy and Dove awards plus Billboard Music Awards.

Noun used with modifier

  • turtle: At the window, some magical turtle doves, which nested in the willow tree by her mother's grave, appear.
  • zebra: Zebra Dove Geopelia striata ( aka Barred Ground Dove ) Common.
  • T: M T Dove, " The theory of displacive phase transitions: A review " .
  • rock: Be a Pigeon Protector Pigeons are actually European rock doves, the beautiful doves of peace.
  • stock: Stock Dove: Only sighting was a flock of 8 during an evening walk on St Mary's on 12th.
  • river: The village lay on an important through route leading down to a good crossing place over the river Dove at Hartington Mill.
dove Quotes

She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: Aviolet bya mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! öFair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me!

—Wordsworth,William

In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

—Tennyson

And the dove came to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Do not expect again a phoenix hour, The triple-towered sky, the dove complaining, Sudden the rain of gold and heart's first ease Traced under trees by the eldritch light of sundown.

—Day-Lewis, Cecil

The dove descending breaks the air With flame of incandescent terror Of which the tongues declare The one discharge from sin and error.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I flyaway, and be at rest.

—Bible (Old Testament)

There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries,'She is near, she is near;' And the white rose weeps,'She is late;' The larkspur listens,'I hear, I hear;' And the lily whispers,'I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airya tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat; Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.

—Tennyson

Nature meant me A wife, a silly, harmless, household dove, Fond without art, and kind without deceit; But Fortune, that has made a mistress of me, Has thrust me out to the wide world, unfurnish'd Of falsehood to be happy.

—Dryden,John

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting uponhim: And loavoicefromheaven, saying,This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

—Bible (NewTestament)

I had a dove and the sweet dove died; And I have thought it died of grieving: O, what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied, With a silken thread of my own hands' weaving.

—Keats,John

And Isaid,Othat Ihad wings like a dove: for thenwould I flee away, and be at rest.

—Book of Common Prayer