dove meaning and definition | Lekhori dictionary

1
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.
Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations.
Similar
culver dove pibbin
2
A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
Similar
peace dove
Opposite
hawk
3
Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.

verb

1
simple past of dive
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 and cocoa prices unexpectedly dove, Côte d’Ivoire quickly went from Africa’s rich kid to crippling debtitude.
2
past participle of dive

name

1
A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
2
A river in Suffolk, England, a tributary of the Waveney.
3
An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.

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