Hove

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Preterit and past participle of heave.
  • To wait; linger; loiter; hover about.
  • To hover in the air.
  • To float.
  • To move; stand aside.
  • An obsolete aphetic form of behove, behoove.
  • noun. The ground-ivy, Nepeta Glechoma.
  • noun. Same as hoove.
  • To lift; heave.
  • To swell; inflate.
  • To rise; ascend.
  • To swell.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. & p. p. of heave.
  • See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
  • undefined
  • verb. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
  • intransitive verb. To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To raise; lift; hold up.
  • verb. To rise.
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of heave.
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of heave.
  • verb. To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
  • verb. To wait, linger.
  • verb. To move on or by.
  • verb. To remain; delay.
  • verb. To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
  • Word Usage
    "Off the north shore of Prince Edward Island, then a wild, wooded land, with settlements few and far between, the Captain hove-to in order to replenish his supply of water."
    Equivalent
    hove to  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dove  Grove  Nov  Soave  bove  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heave  heaved  loiter  lurk  rise  
    variant
    heave  
    verb-stem
    heave