Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Forming an arch; arched; curving; concave.
- a ceiling formed in a coved or arched manner at its junction with the side walls. Such ceilings are frequently elaborately ornamented with panels enriched with moldings or carvings.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
cove .
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Examples
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And an eye from Somerset looks kindly at this outlandish attempt to make a kind of coved roof, and to paint it withal.
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Edward Augustus Freeman 1857
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The nave, too, is covered with a wooden roof, a kind of coved roof with tie-beams.
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Edward Augustus Freeman 1857
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The volcano erupted and basically coved the base with ash.
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Jason Lindberg The home, in a five-story building, includes coved ceilings, oversized moldings and nine-foot doors.
Custom-Built Tribeca Loft Sushil Cheema 2011
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"SA MI 75 DZ NY 12" (2012) is an "infinity environment"—a featureless white room (the coved ceiling, floor and walls are fitted fiberglass panels), open for viewers' entry on one side and illuminated from that side (i.e., from behind you) by a complicated array of very bright electric lights.
Shock, Light Therapy With Life Thrown In Peter Plagens 2012
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Because sometime the doctor will write a prescription or a treatment but you can have or they want do it not coved by insurance.
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The trio turned around and were greeted by two Goblins pointing spears at them Mist, Cara and Ra froze; Mist looked at the Goblins their like green skin was coved in yellow oozing boils and warts two large bottom teeth stuck out and curled up in to their skin spit fell from their lips.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » David’s Second Review Forum 2009
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And throw in some measures to bring down costs like tort reform, allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines and and allow those not coverd by work to deduct treat their insurance premiums as a tax deduction, just like those who are coved by employer based insurance.
Senate to vote Saturday on opening debate on health care bill 2009
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Inside, Ms. Savage accented the home's 16-foot coved ceilings—original from 1926—and espresso-colored floors with earth-toned couches and classic pieces, using a long wooden bench as a living room coffee table.
A Gossip Girl's Main Stage Lauren A.E. Schuker 2012
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Coldwell Banker The dining room features a hand-painted coved ceiling.
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