A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
Strong simple past tense of dive
Any of several (species of) birds, called by this traditional name, mainly in the genus Streptopelia, of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons, which also included the extinct passenger pigeon, dodo, and solitaire).