Synonymer

Uttal

Översättning
Substantiv
1.koy

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
  2. (British) A fellow; a man.
  3. (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
  4. (Australia) A friend; a mate.
  5. A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
  6. (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
  7. A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
  8. (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
  9. (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

Verb

  1. (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
  2. To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

Exempel

  • vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks
  • The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
  • Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.

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