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# dove

«dove» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pale grey or white bird of the pigeon family that coos** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#m1)

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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#m2)

3) (US) Dove (rhymes with "stove") is a past tense of dive: "She dove into the pool." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#m3)

4) (politics) A dove is a person who wants peace rather than war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x1)
- Noah sent out a dove, and it came back with an olive leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x2)
- We drew a dove with an olive branch for Peace Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x3)
- The doves cooed softly in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x4)
- Jake dove into the lake. (US) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x5)
- The Spirit came down on Jesus like a dove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x6)
- Two turtle doves are in the Christmas song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x7)
- ‘I have caught a dove,’ answered he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel/10/)
- [Christians believe the Holy Spirit is God present with and in believers; wind, fire and a dove are pictures of the Spirit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/15/)
- [holubtsI are cabbage rolls with rice and meat; the name means «little doves», but there are no birds inside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking/8/)
- [And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.203/)
- [And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.205/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dove» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dove/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.