cove

n. small bay, inlet; chap, fellow (Slang)

v. make with an inward curve; arch over; have a cove, design or build a wall with a cove

This article is about the coastal feature. For other meanings see Cove (disambiguation) A cove is a coastal landform.  Earth scientists generally use the term to describe a circular or round inlet with a narrow entrance, though colloquially the term is sometimes used to describe any sheltered bay.Coves form on concordant coastlines, where bands of rock of varying strength run parallel to the coast. Typically these will form where a narrow band of relatively strong rock, like limestone or an igneous rock forms the coastline, with a band of a weaker rock, such as clays and sands, behind it. Often another band of strong rock, such as limestone or chalk will form the back of the cove. The action of waves in weak areas, such as joints and cracks, in the band of rocks which form the cliffs eventually break through the strong rock, exposing the weak rock behind. The weak rock is quickly eroded by wave action, sub-aerial processes and weathering (which causes slumping).  Wave diffraction occurs where waves travel through the narrow entrance and then disperse in the cove. Erosion is therefore equal at all points of the cove shoreline, and the perfect curve or circular shape is formed.
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Cové is a city located in the Zou Department of Benin.
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Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) given to departments in further education colleges in England. It is intended as a kind of quality guarantee for vocational teaching, and is awarded by the Learning and Skills Council if the teaching is of good quality and if the department offers a range of courses with progression routes up to Level 3 or beyond in the National Qualifications Framework.
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Noun
1. a small inlet
(hypernym) inlet, recess
(hyponym) lough
2. small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
(hypernym) cave

n. hatch, hatching, brood of hatchlings

(v. t.)
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
  

(v. t.)
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
  

(n.)
A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.
  

(n.)
A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
  

(n.)
A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
  

(n.)
A concave molding.
  

(n.)
A boy or man of any age or station.