From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishDoveDove /dʌv/ trademark a type of white soap used for washing the body and facedovedove1 /dʌv/ noun [countable] 1 HBBa kind of small white pigeon (=bird) often used as a sign of peace2 PPPsomeone in politics who prefers peace and discussion to war OPP hawk
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dove• But the cabinet doves seemed unperturbed.• He dyed doves various bright colours to fly around and adorn the folly and the town.• Laboratory studies of sleeping doves give similar results.• I will be both the tiger in your back garden and the dove of your green jungle.• Thus the doves, representing nearly half the population, were left without a candidate for President in 1968.• As one of the original and most ferocious of the Cold Warriors, Nixon hardly offered an alternative to the doves.• The doves called Johnson a monster.dovedove2 /dəʊv $ doʊv/ American English x-refa past tense of diveFrom Longman Business Dictionarydovedove /dʌv/ noun [countable] a politician or official who does not believe in using force or firm action when dealing with problems → compare hawk1Origin dove1 Old English dufe 