dove
noun/dʌv/ · Northern-England /dʊv/
Etymology 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).
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 three hundred species of the family Columbidae.
- Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 77:
Government, Politics A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
- On the left are the activist Vietniks, eager to protest the war; next are the doves, who oppose the U.S. role but shun demonstrations; and in the middle are the apathetics, who simply are not concerned enough to think through their own stand.1965 November 19, “Universities: The Spectrum on Viet Nam”, in Time, volume 86, number 21, page 67:
A term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
- O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Solomon 2:14:
A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Slang Ellipsis of love dove (“a tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
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Asian emerald dove, Barbary dove, bar-shouldered dove, beautiful fruit dove, blue ground dove, collared dove, cuckoo dove, cuckoo-dove, cushat dove, cushat-dove, dead dove, diamond dove, dovecot, dovecote, Dove Creek, dove-eyed, dove gray, dove grey, dovehouse, dovekie, dovelet, dovelike, doveling, dovely, dove of peace, dove orchid, dove plant, doveplum, dove shell, doveship, dovetail, dove tree, dove weed, dovish, eared dove, Fleet Street dove, fruit dove, fruit-dove, Galapagos dove, ground dove, Inca dove, laughing dove, little brown dove, lovey-dovey, moaning dove, mourning dove, Nicobar dove, Pacific dove, palm dove, peaceful dove, Philippine cuckoo-dove, quail dove, quail-dove, rain dove, release dove, ringdove, ring dove, ringed dove, ringneck dove, rock dove, Samoan dove, scaled dove, sea dove, Senegal dove, Socorro dove, soiled dove, stockdove, stock dove, sucking-dove, tambourine dove, tobacco dove, tree-dove, turtledove, turtle-dove, turtle dove, vinaceous dove, West Peruvian dove, white-winged dove, wood dove, zebra dove, zenaida dove, especially Zenaida aurita)