Usually means: Curved inward, like a cave.
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  1. coved: Merriam-Webster
  2. coved: Collins English Dictionary
  3. coved: Wordnik
  4. coved: Wiktionary
  5. Coved, coved: Dictionary.com
  6. Coved: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Coved: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. coved: FreeDictionary.org
  9. coved: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See cove as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cove)

noun:  (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
noun:  (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
noun:  A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
noun:  (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
noun:  A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
noun:  (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
noun:  (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
noun:  (Appalachia) A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks.
verb:  (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
noun:  (British, dated, informal, thieves' cant, Lewis) A fellow; a man.
noun:  (Australia and Polari) A friend; a mate.
verb:  (ambitransitive, obsolete) Of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs).
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona.
noun:  A town in Polk County, Arkansas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
noun:  A minor city in Union County, Oregon.
noun:  A minor city in Chambers County, Texas.
noun:  A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah.
noun:  A small village in Tiverton parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9519).
noun:  A suburb of Farnborough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8556).
noun:  Three villages in Scotland:
noun:  A coastal village on the Rosneath peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NS2282).
noun:  A hamlet on Loch Ewe, Highland council area (OS grid ref NG8090).
noun:  A coastal village near Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT7871).
noun:  A habitational surname from Old English.
noun:  (Australia, soccer) The official active supporters' group of Sydney FC (an Australian soccer club based in Sydney).
noun:  Short for Cove Bay, Aberdeen. [A suburb in Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref SJ9501).]
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