cove UK /kəʊv/US /koʊv/noun 10verb 2forms 3 noun10 •A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.secret coves and noukes — 1659 •(Australia) Friend; mate. •(UK, old-fashioned) Man; fellow.At one point, a friendly-looking sort of cove with silver hair and a grandfatherly kind of face beamed at him […] — 2012 •A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. •(Appalachia) A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks.They were, despite their ignorance, unavoidably prosperous since their farm occupied a wide piece of cove bottom with dirt so black and rich it would raise sweet potatoes as long as your arm[.] — 1997 •A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. •A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. •(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland. •The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. •A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. verb2 •To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. — 1779 •(no longer used) Of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs). formscoved · coving · coves
