dove
Plural: doves
Noun
- A gentle bird of the pigeon family, often a symbol of peace.
- any of numerous small pigeons
- someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
- a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum
- flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled
- an emblem of peace
- 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.
- Ellipsis of love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
Verb
- drop steeply
- plunge into water
- swim under water
- Strong simple past of dive
- past participle of dive
Examples
- A DOVE flew onto the board as I played a seven-letter word, bringing peace to my anxious score.
Origin / Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der.?
Proto-Germanic *dūbaną?
Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ
Proto-West Germanic *dūbā
Old English *dūfe
Middle English douve
English dove
Inherited from Middle English douve, dove, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”).
Cognate with Scots doo, dow, Saterland Frisian Duuwe, West Frisian do, Dutch duif, Afrikaans duif, Sranan Tongo doifi, German Taube, German Low German Duuv, Dutch Low Saxon duve, doeve, Danish due, Faroese dúgva, Icelandic dúfa, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due, Swedish duva, Yiddish טויב (toyb), Gothic *𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*dubō).
Synonyms
Columba, dive, peacenik, plunge, plunk, squab, columbid, columbiform, culver, peace dove, pigeon
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
dove: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddove: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dove: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary