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Definition of "dove" []
- Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call. (noun)
- A gentle, innocent person. (noun)
- A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict. (noun)
- A past tense of dive1. See Usage Note at dive1. See Regional Note at wake1. (verb)
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Use "dove" in a sentence
- "The image of a dove is also associated with Anne in her poem "Self-Communion" and with Helen Huntingdon, the heroine of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall."
- "Fitzgerald finished with eight catches for 166 yards and a scintillating 29-yard catch-and-run TD on which he dove from the 3-yard line and stretched the football inside the pylon before falling out of bounds."
- "So in both cases, the liberal dove is calling for negotiation."
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