dave — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

able, complete, fastest, kind, possible, pretty

Dave was the fastest runner on the school track team last year.

VERB + DAVE

bet, call, calls, crowd, like, name, welcome

The crowd calls Dave over to help lift the heavy boxes into the truck.

DAVE + NOUN

chappelle, fiddle, louis, money, nowadays, portnoy

Dave Chappelle's comedy special last year had everyone talking about his controversial jokes.

PREP.

in, up, whereas

Dave in the corner was telling jokes all night.

ADV.

heartily, only, recently

Dave only recently started working at the new office downtown.

Definitions

name

1

A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.

David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, then later retracted that offer for at least one of them because he said the person was denying responsibility for what happened.

2

A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).

3

A female given name.

verb

1

To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

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Example Bank

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David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which

Wiktionary

02

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, t

Wiktionary

03

Dave never returned to school again.

Tatoeba · #39669

04

Dave is the fastest swimmer of all my classmates.

Tatoeba · #39670

05

I like Dave because he is very kind.

Tatoeba · #39671

06

I bet Dave paid a pretty penny for his new car.

Tatoeba · #39672

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, dave is marked as rare, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.