dove

CEFRB2

/dəʊv/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small bird often used as a symbol of peace.

  2. 02

    verb

    Moved or jumped quickly downward through the air.

Examples

  • A dove is a symbol of peace.

  • The dove is a famous symbol for peace.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /doʊv/

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

  2. A term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

  3. A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

More examples

In context

  • The dove stands for peace.

  • 2007: Bob Harris, Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing up: A Woefully Incomplete Guide, §: Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d’Ivoire, page 80, ¶ 4 (first edition; Three Rivers Press; →ISBN When coffee a...

  • Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English douve, dove, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”). Cognate with Scots doo, dow, Saterland Frisian Duuwe, West Frisian do, Dutch duif, Afrikaans duif, Sranan Tongo doifi, German Taube, German Low German Duuv, Dutch Low Saxon duve, doeve, Danish due, Faroese dúgva, Icelandic dúfa, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due, Swedish duva, Yiddish טויב (toyb), Gothic *𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*dubō).