hove
verbEtymology
From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel.
Definitions
To remain suspended in air, water etc.
To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
- As shee arrived on the roring shore, / In minde to leape into the mighty maine, / A little bote lay hoving her before[…].
To wait, linger.
To move on or by.
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To remain
To remain; delay.
To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
To raise
To raise; lift; hold up.
To rise.
- 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.
simple past and past participle of heave
A town in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west…
A town in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west of Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2804).
The neighborhood
- synonymheaved
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA