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(1):

(v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

(2):

(v. t.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

(3):

(n.) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.

(4):

(n.) A boy or man of any age or station.

(5):

(n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.

(6):

(n.) A concave molding.

(7):

(n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.