Hove

/həʊv/ · verb

Meaning

(obsolete, intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait, linger.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To move on or by.
4. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain; delay.
5. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
6. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To raise; lift; hold up.
7. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To rise.
8. (nautical) simple past and past participle of heave

Example Sentences

As shee arrived on the roring shore, / In minde to leape into the mighty maine, / A little bote lay hoving her before[…].

Alle these xv knyghtes were knyghtes of the table round / Soo these with moo other came in to gyders / and bete on bak the kynge of Northumberland and the kynge of Northwalys / whan sir launcelot sawe this as he houed in a lytil leued woode / thenne he sayd vnto syre lauayn / see yonder is a company of good knyghtes

Astond he stood, and vp his haire did houe, / And with that suddein horror could no member moue.

There was nothing else to do, and he was doing it to the best of his ability - having, in fact, fallen into a trance of admiration before a large meerschaum - when MacQuibble hove in sight on his way to the Life Class at the Gallery.

This will become increasingly urgent as next year's General Election hoves into view.

Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson's Jim! I bet I was glad to see him.

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Word Forms

• hoves
• hoving
• hoved
• huve
• huff
• houf

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