Definitions for cove

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Spelling: [kohv]

IPA: /koʊv/

Cove is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in cove (ceov).

Definitions for cove

noun

1. a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
2. a sheltered nook.
3. a hollow or recess in a mountain; cave; cavern.
4. a narrow pass between woods or hills.
5. a sheltered area between woods or hills.
6. Architecture. a concave surface or molding. a concave surface forming part of a ceiling at its edge so as to eliminate the usual interior angle between the wall and ceiling.
7. British Slang. a person; fellow.
8. Australian Slang. a manager, especially of a sheep station.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become a cove.

Origin of cove

before 900; Middle English; Old English cofa cave, den, closet; cognate with Old Norse kofi hut, Greek gýpē cave

Examples for cove

No cove, no creek even, opened its friendly arms to receive them.

By the time Dan was put ashore on the beach of the cove it was afternoon.

The cove Deli on Main Street buzzed with the sound of a generator, and the lights were dim but the doors thrown open.

Though the cove was more quiet than the ocean, yet it was fearful enough, even there.

But the most compelling documentary of the year is The cove.

Louie Psihoyos' The cove, on the other hand, feels entirely fresh, and is as dramatic and gripping as any live-action thriller.

Beyond, on the waters of the cove, the Southern Cross rode at anchor.

And I thought I should come back one day to do a giant walk over the Sydney cove from the Opera House to the top of the bridge.

Directed by Louie Psihoyos, a National Geographic photographer, The cove is, on its face, eco-advocacy at its best.

I don't like that schooner, Jess, and its ugly crew, lying there in the cove.