Dictionary
dove
Meaning
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- 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.
- A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
- Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
- A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
- (slang) Short for love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dʌv/
New
dive
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- To swim under water.
- To jump into water head-first.
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
- To undertake with enthusiasm.
- To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
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