Grove vs. Cove
Grovenoun
A small forest.
Covenoun
A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
Grovenoun
An orchard of fruit trees.
Covenoun
(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
Grovenoun
A place of worship.
Covenoun
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
Grovenoun
A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.
Covenoun
(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
Groveverb
To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
Covenoun
A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
Groveverb
To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
Covenoun
(nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
Groveverb
To plough or gouge with lines.
Covenoun
(nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
Grovenoun
A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.
Covenoun
A fellow; a man.
Grovenoun
a small growth of trees without underbrush
Covenoun
A friend; a mate.
Grovenoun
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
Coveverb
(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
Coveverb
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
Covenoun
A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
‘Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks.’;
Covenoun
A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.
Covenoun
A concave molding.
Covenoun
A boy or man of any age or station.
‘There's a gentry cove here.’; ‘Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drinkBe not filched from us.’;
Coveverb
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
‘The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.’;
Coveverb
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
‘Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.’;
Covenoun
a small inlet
Covenoun
small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
Cove
A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Coves usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay.
