<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.</li><li>A sheltered nook.</li><li>A hollow or recess in a mountain; cave; cavern.</li><li>A narrow pass between woods or hills.</li><li>A sheltered area between woods or hills.</li><li>Architecture. A concave surface or molding.</li><li>A concave surface forming part of a ceiling at its edge so as to eliminate the usual interior angle between the wall and ceiling.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with or without object) Coved, coving. To make or become a cove.</li></ul>