beggar vs cove

beggar

noun
  • A person who begs. 

  • A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel. 

  • A person suffering from extreme poverty. 

  • A minced oath for bugger. 

verb
  • To exhaust the resources of; to outdo. 

  • To make a beggar of someone; impoverish. 

cove

noun
  • A friend; a mate. 

  • A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. 

  • A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. 

  • A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. 

  • A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. 

  • The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. 

  • A strip of prairie extending into woodland. 

  • A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. 

verb
  • To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. 

  • To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs. 

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