Dove

English

Noun

Dove (plural Doves)

1. A pigeon, especially one smaller in size.
2. (politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict (as opposed to hawk).
3. (engineering) dove, a engineering reference point in a computer program that will cause some type of default action to occur.

Verb

Dove

1. (chiefly North America and English dialect) Strong-declension simple past of dive.

Adjectives for Dove

crooning; staid; mellow-mourning; lonely; sucking; milk-white; cooing; brooding; silver; snowy.

Verbs for Dove

tame—; toy with—; —bills; —broods; — coos; —crouches; —grieves ; —haunts; — moans; —mourns ; —murmurs; —plains; —sails; —trembles; —trumpets; —tumbles; —walks.

Synonyms for Dove

culver; pigeon

Thesaurus

angel, avifauna, babe, baby bird, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, cage bird, chick, child, child of nature, conchie, conscientious objector, cygnet, diving bird, dupe, eagle, eaglet, fish-eating bird, fledgling, flightless bird, fowl, fruit-eating bird, fulmar, game bird, hick, infant, ingenue, innocent, insect-eating bird, lamb, lout, mere child, migrant, migratory bird, nestling, newborn babe, noble savage, oaf, oscine bird, owl, pacificator, pacificist, pacifist, passerine bird, peace lover, peacemaker, peacemonger, peacenik, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pigeon, ratite, rube, sea bird, seed-eating bird, shore bird, simple soul, songbird, squab, storm petrel, stormy petrel, swan, unsophisticate, wading bird, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, wildfowl, yokel

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʌv/, SAMPA: /dVv/
• {{rhymes|ʌv}

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