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hove H0303500 (hōv)v.v.tr.Past tense and past participle of heave.v.intr.Past tense and past participle of heave.hove (həʊv) vbchiefly nautical a past tense and past participle of heave
Hove (həʊv) n (Placename) a town and coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex. Pop: 72 335 (2001)heave (hiv) v. heaved (esp. Naut.) hove; heav•ing; v.t. 1. to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax. 2. to throw, esp. to lift and throw with effort or force: to heave a stone through a window. 3. Naut. to move into a certain position or situation. 4. to utter laboriously or painfully: to heave a sigh. 5. to cause to rise and fall with a swelling motion: to heave one's chest. 6. to vomit; throw up. 7. to haul or pull on (a rope, cable, line, etc.). v.i. 8. to rise and fall in rhythmically alternate movements: The ship heaved and rolled. 9. to breathe with effort; pant. 10. to vomit; retch. 11. to rise as if thrust up, as a hill; swell or bulge. 12. to pull or haul on a rope, cable, etc. 13. Naut. to move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation: The ship hove into sight. 14. heave to, a. to stop the headway of (a vessel), esp. by bringing the head to the wind and trimming the sails. b. to come to a halt. n. 15. an act or effort of heaving. 16. a throw, toss, or cast. 17. the horizontal component of the apparent displacement resulting from a geologic fault, measured in a vertical plane perpendicular to the strike. 18. the rise and fall of the waves or swell of a sea. 19. heaves, (used with a sing. v.) Also called broken wind. a disease of horses characterized by difficult breathing. Idioms: heave ho! (an exclamation used by sailors, as when heaving the anchor up.) [before 900; Middle English heven, variant (with -v- from preterit and past participle) of hebben, Old English hebban, c. Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German heffen, Old Norse hefja, Gothic hafjan] heav′er, n. TranslationsIdiomsSeeheaveHove
Hove (hōv), city (1991 pop. 65,587), East Sussex, SE England. It is a modern residential seaside resort.Hove a town and coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex. Pop.: 72 335 (2001) HOVE
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HOVE➣Hovenweep National Monument (US National Park Service) | HOVE➣Hawaiian Ocean View Estates |
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