dove

verb/dʌv/

Frequency rank: #6,259 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

past tense of 'dive'; moved downward or forward suddenly and quickly.

Illustration for the English word “dove”

Example sentence

When the argument grew too intense, she dove for the exit before anyone could stop her.

Synonyms & related words

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