English Dictionary

dove

/dʌv/

noun

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

I saw a dove flying in the sky.

意味（1）

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

意味（2）

(countable, politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

Coordinate term: hawk

意味（3）

(countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.

意味（4）

A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.

意味（5）

(slang, countable) Short for love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).