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cove

/kəʊv/noun

उच्चारण कोव

छोटी खाड़ी

Core word

noun
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    [C]

    a small bay

    छोटी खाड़ी

    • a quiet cove
    • Fishing boats were moored in a sheltered cove.
    • We swam in a quiet cove away from the crowded beach.
    + 2 more examples
    • A tiny cove lay hidden behind the rocks.
    • The boat anchored in a cove until the storm passed.

    Synonyms bay inlet creek harbour

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a cove / coves (countable)

A cove is a small sheltered bay. It is countable and often has a beach.

Cove छोटी सुरक्षित खाड़ी है; यह गणनीय है और प्रायः वहाँ समुद्र-तट होता है।

  • We found a quiet cove for swimming.
  • The coast has many hidden coves.

in / into a cove

Use in for being within the cove and into for entering it from the sea.

खाड़ी के भीतर होने के लिए 'in' और समुद्र से उसमें जाने के लिए 'into' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • The fishing boats are anchored in the cove.
  • The boat sailed into the cove at sunset.

cove + noun

It can be part of place names, such as Smugglers' Cove, and appears in compounds like cove beach.

यह स्थानों के नामों का हिस्सा हो सकता है, जैसे Smugglers' Cove, और cove beach जैसे यौगिकों में आता है।

  • Pirates once hid treasure in Smugglers' Cove.

cove (old informal) = fellow

In very old British slang, cove meant a man. It is found only in old books.

बहुत पुरानी ब्रिटिश अपभाषा में cove का अर्थ आदमी था; यह केवल पुरानी पुस्तकों में मिलता है।

  • He was a jolly old cove, said the novel.
+Collocations 4

adjective + cove

quietshelteredsecludedrockysandy

  • They spent the day in a secluded cove.

verb + cove

anchor insail intoswim inexploreshelter in

  • The fishermen sheltered in a cove during the storm.

cove + noun

beachwaterscliffsentrance

  • The cove waters were clear and calm.

geography use

coastal coverocky covenatural covehidden cove

  • A hidden cove near Goa is popular with photographers.
“More examples 6
  • The little cove was protected from the wind by high cliffs.

ऊँची चट्टानों ने छोटी खाड़ी को हवा से बचा रखा था।

  • Radhika sketched the boats lying in the cove.

राधिका ने खाड़ी में खड़ी नावों का रेखाचित्र बनाया।

  • A small stream flows into the cove.

एक छोटी धारा खाड़ी में बहकर आती है।

  • The geography paper asked how a cove is formed by waves.

भूगोल के प्रश्नपत्र में पूछा गया कि लहरों से cove कैसे बनती है।

  • At low tide, we walked across the cove to the rocks.

भाटे के समय हम खाड़ी के पार चट्टानों तक पैदल गए।

  • The tourists enjoyed a boat ride to the nearby cove.

पर्यटकों ने पास की खाड़ी तक नाव की सवारी का आनंद लिया।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Cove, bay and gulf are all inlets of the sea, but they differ in size.

Cove, bay और gulf समुद्र के भीतर घुसे भाग हैं, पर आकार में अलग हैं।

cove

A small, sheltered bay with a narrow entrance.

संकरे प्रवेश वाली छोटी, सुरक्षित खाड़ी।

  • The cove was quiet.

bay

A larger curve of the coast.

तट का बड़ा मोड़।

  • The Bay of Bengal is vast.

gulf

A very large inlet of the sea, bigger than a bay.

समुद्र का बहुत बड़ा भीतरी भाग, जो bay से भी बड़ा होता है।

  • The Gulf of Kutch lies in Gujarat.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

Usage: cove is a small sheltered bay.

प्रयोग में cove छोटी सुरक्षित खाड़ी है।