dove

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising

   flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

   O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.

4. 4
   verb

   simple past of dive

   2007: Bob Harris, Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing up: A Woefully Incomplete Guide, §: Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d’Ivoire, page 80, ¶ 4 (first edition; Three Rivers Press; →ISBN When coffee and cocoa prices unexpectedly dove, Côte d’Ivoire quickly went from Africa’s rich kid to crippling debtitude.

5. 5
   noun

   any of numerous small pigeons

6. 6
   noun

   an emblem of peace

7. 7
   noun

   someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

8. 8
   noun

   A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

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 N…