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DOVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous small pigeons
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dove" is a kind of...):
pigeon (wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dove"):
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An emblem of peace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dove" is a kind of...):
allegory; emblem (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled
Synonyms:
dove; squab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("dove" is a kind of...):
poultry (flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food)
Holonyms ("dove" is a part of...):
domestic pigeon (domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum
Synonyms:
Columba; Dove
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
Synonyms:
dove; peacenik
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dove" is a kind of...):
disarmer; pacificist; pacifist (someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes)
Antonym:
hawk (an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple of the verb dive
Context examples:
And just as that was decided on, the young count entered into the church, and suddenly two snow-white doves flew on his shoulders and remained sitting there.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Diana had a voice toned, to my ear, like the cooing of a dove.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“Faith,” said Ford, “this air of Bordeaux hath turned our turtle-dove into a game-cock. A milder or more courteous youth never came out of Hampshire.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To my dear sister Margaret, I give my turkquoise ring (if I get it), also my green box with the doves on it, also my piece of real lace for her neck, and my sketch of her as a memorial of her 'little girl'.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Then he had to sing a mass, and did not know one word of it, but the two doves sat continually on his shoulders, and said it all in his ear.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
When I think of the thing which flew at my throat this morning, hanging its black and scarlet visage over the nest of my dove, my blood curdles—"And what, sir," I asked, while he paused, "did you do when you had settled her here? Where did you go?"
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I pray you then my fair dove, that you will vouchsafe to me one of those doeskin gloves, that I may wear it as the badge of her whose servant I shall ever be.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But God sent two angels from heaven in the shape of white doves, which flew to her twice a day, and carried her food until the seven years were over.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He was kept, to be sure, rather cross and crusty; but on the whole I could see he was excellently entertained, and that a lamb-like submission and turtle-dove sensibility, while fostering his despotism more, would have pleased his judgment, satisfied his common-sense, and even suited his taste less.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
And when the dove had done its song, it came flying, and perched upon her right shoulder, and so went home with her.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
