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dove
UK /dʌv/ US /dʌv/
noun 5name 5
Definitions
noun
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.
2
A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
3
Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.
4
A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
5
Ellipsis of love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
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.
4
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis.
5
A surname.
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