Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In building, an arch or arched projecture, as when a house is built so as to project over the ground-plot, and the turned projecture is arched with timber, lathed, and plastered.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story.
- noun The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
concave surface , often ofgypsum or expanded polystyrene, forming ajunction between aceiling and awall .
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Examples
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The design catalyst for Prefurbia is "coving," a method created in the mid-1990's that relies on new technologies to create a more efficient pattern of land development compared to conventional and traditional methods.
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The design catalyst for Prefurbia is "coving," a method created in the mid-1990's that relies on new technologies to create a more efficient pattern of land development compared to conventional and traditional methods.
unknown title 2009
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Paterno was fired for coving up a sexual abuse scandal involving one of his assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky.
Naomi Menezes: Dear Penn State: What Are You Teaching Us? Naomi Menezes 2011
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Paterno was fired for coving up a sexual abuse scandal involving one of his assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky.
Naomi Menezes: Dear Penn State: What Are You Teaching Us? Naomi Menezes 2011
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Paterno was fired for coving up a sexual abuse scandal involving one of his assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky.
Naomi Menezes: Dear Penn State: What Are You Teaching Us? Naomi Menezes 2011
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Skirting boards are aesthetically pleasing and give a room a visual solidity – we used to have regard for finishing things off properly with cornices, coving, parapets and so on.
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Paterno was fired for coving up a sexual abuse scandal involving one of his assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky.
Naomi Menezes: Dear Penn State: What Are You Teaching Us? Naomi Menezes 2011
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That true or just crazy talk? gooso get a torrent guys if you really want it. i got it. its great and there is no dialogue coving any of the music. it is really really good
Sunshine Soundtrack Sees The Light of Day After All | /Film 2008
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You're more than welcome to come out here for a brisk winter ride in -20 temps and inches of black ice coving the roads to get a feel for the reasoning...
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Crappy Weather BikeSnobNYC 2009
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They know that we're coving what's happening right now with an -- a level of energy and passion that they've come to expect from the media.
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