The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cove \Cove\ (k[=o]v), n. [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben
   pigsty, orig., hut, Icel. kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.]
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   1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet,
      creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
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            Vessels which were in readiness for him within
            secret coves and nooks.               --Holland.
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   2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess
      in the side of a mountain. [U.S.]
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   3. (Arch.)
      (a) A concave molding.
      (b) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used
          especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as
          around a skylight.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cove \Cove\, n. [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.]
   A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang]
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         There's a gentry cove here.              --Wit's
                                                  Recreations
                                                  (1654).
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         Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink
         Be not filched from us.                  --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
   [1913 Webster] Covelline

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Coving.] (Arch.)
   To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in
   the form of a cove.
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         The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are
         rounded into domes and coved roofs.      --H.
                                                  Swinburne.
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   Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail
      is constructed in a cove.

   Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a
      central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined
      vault.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cove \Cove\, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See Covey.]
   To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
   [Obs.]
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         Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she
         [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
                                                  --Holland.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cove
    n 1: a small inlet
    2: small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

129 Moby Thesaurus words for "cove":
   Adamite, abri, alcove, antre, apse, arcade, arcature, arch,
   arched roof, archway, arm, armlet, bastard, bay, bayou, being,
   belt, bight, bird, boca, body, bugger, bunker, burrow, camber,
   carrel, cat, cave, cavern, ceilinged roof, chap, character,
   concameration, concha, corner, cranny, creature, creek, cubby,
   cubbyhole, cubicle, cupola, customer, dome, duck, dugout,
   earthling, estuary, euripus, feller, fellow, fjord, foxhole, frith,
   geodesic dome, grot, grotto, groundling, gulf, gut, guy, hand,
   harbor, head, hole, homo, human, human being, igloo, individual,
   inglenook, inlet, jasper, joker, keystone, kyle, lad, lair, life,
   living soul, loch, man, mortal, mouth, narrow, narrow seas,
   narrows, natural harbor, niche, nook, nose, ogive, one, oriel,
   party, person, personage, personality, pitchhole, reach, recess,
   recession, road, roads, roadstead, roomlet, sewer, single,
   skewback, slough, snuggery, somebody, someone, soul, sound, span,
   strait, straits, stud, subterrane, subway, tellurian, terran,
   tunnel, vault, vaulting, voussoir, warren, worldling



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cove, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
   Population (2000):    383
   Housing Units (2000): 181
   Land area (2000):     1.727962 sq. miles (4.475400 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.727962 sq. miles (4.475400 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            15700
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             34.436384 N, 94.411845 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     71937
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cove, AR
    Cove


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cove, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
   Population (2000):    594
   Housing Units (2000): 247
   Land area (2000):     0.810461 sq. miles (2.099085 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.810461 sq. miles (2.099085 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            16250
   Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
   Location:             45.298536 N, 117.809329 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     97824
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cove, OR
    Cove


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cove, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    323
   Housing Units (2000): 146
   Land area (2000):     1.217325 sq. miles (3.152857 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.045900 sq. miles (0.118880 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.263225 sq. miles (3.271737 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            17336
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             29.813446 N, 94.825020 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cove, TX
    Cove


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cove, UT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Utah
   Population (2000):    443
   Housing Units (2000): 123
   Land area (2000):     15.037163 sq. miles (38.946071 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    15.037163 sq. miles (38.946071 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            16490
   Located within:       Utah (UT), FIPS 49
   Location:             41.959069 N, 111.792783 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cove, UT
    Cove