Dove

Dove  (dv)

n.

See Columba.

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dove ¹  (dv)

n.

1. Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.

2. A gentle, innocent person.

3. A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.

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[Middle English douve, from Old English *dfe.]

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dovish adj.

dovish·ness n.

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dove ²  (dv)

v.

A past tense of dive¹. See Usage Note at dive¹. See Regional Note at wake¹.

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dove

Noun

1. a bird with a heavy body, small head, and short legs

2. Politics a person opposed to war [Old English dūfe]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dove - any of numerous small pigeons         pigeon - wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs turtledove - any of several Old World wild doves Australian turtledove, Stictopelia cuneata, turtledove - small Australian dove mourning dove, Zenaidura macroura - wild dove of the United States having a mournful call
	2.	dove - someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations peacenik disarmer, pacificist, pacifist - someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes war hawk, hawk - an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
	3.	Dove - a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum Columba
	4.	dove - flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled squab domestic pigeon - domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
	5.	dove - an emblem of peace allegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Translations

dove [dʌv] n → paloma

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dove [dʌv] n → colombe f

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dove [dʌv] n → Taube f

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dove [dʌv] n → colombo/a

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dove

n dove [dav]

a kind of pigeon. duif حَمامَه гълъб holub due die Taube περιστέρι paloma tuvi قمری kyyhky colombe יוֹנָה फाख्ता golubica galamb merpati dúfa colomba はと 비둘기 balandis balodis burung merpati duif due gołąb rola porumbel голубь holub, -ica golob golubica duva นกพิราบ kumru 鴿，小野鴿 голуб فاختہ bồ câu 鸽，小野鸽