dove
part of speech
noun (a dove, doves); verb (dove — US past of dive)
meaning for a pupil
1) A dove is a pale grey or white bird of the pigeon family that coos. tree →
2) A dove is a sign of peace; in the Bible a dove brought Noah an olive leaf, and the Holy Spirit came down like a dove on Jesus. tree →
3) (US) Dove (rhymes with "stove") is a past tense of dive: "She dove into the pool." tree →
4) (politics) A dove is a person who wants peace rather than war. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, doves and pigeons are the same family. In art and church, a white dove with an olive branch shows peace and the Holy Spirit. In the USA and Canada children say "dove" for the past of dive; in the UK they usually say "dived". Phrases: a white dove, a dove of peace, turtle dove, gentle as a dove.
examples
- A white dove sat on the church roof. tree →
- Noah sent out a dove, and it came back with an olive leaf. tree →
- We drew a dove with an olive branch for Peace Day. tree →
- The doves cooed softly in the garden. tree →
- Jake dove into the lake. (US) tree →
- The Spirit came down on Jesus like a dove. tree →
- Two turtle doves are in the Christmas song. tree →
- ‘I have caught a dove,’ answered he. tree →
note
Two words, two sounds: dove the bird rhymes with "love"; dove the past of dive rhymes with "stove". In UK English the past of dive is usually "dived". Plural doves.
In the corpora
- The dove and the olive branch became symbols of peace and new beginnings.
- Christians believe the Holy Spirit is God present with and in believers; wind, fire and a dove are pictures of the Spirit.
- holubtsI are cabbage rolls with rice and meat; the name means «little doves», but there are no birds inside.
- And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dove» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.