hovel

hov·el

H0303700 (hŭv′əl, hŏv′-)n.1. A small, miserable dwelling.2. An open, low shed.

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[Middle English, hut.]

hovel

(ˈhʌvəl; ˈhɒv-) n1. a ramshackle dwelling place2. (Agriculture) an open shed for livestock, carts, etc3. (Ceramics) the conical building enclosing a kilnvb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eledto shelter or be sheltered in a hovel[C15: of unknown origin]

hov•el

(ˈhʌv əl, ˈhɒv-)

n., v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. 1. a small, very humble dwelling. 2. any dirty, disorganized dwelling. 3. an open shed, as for sheltering cattle or tools. v.t. 4. to shelter or lodge as in a hovel. [1375–1425; of uncertain orig.]

hovel

- A conical building enclosing a kiln.See also related terms for kiln.

hovel

Past participle: hovelled
Gerund: hovelling

Imperative
hovel
hovel

Present
I hovel
you hovel
he/she/it hovels
we hovel
you hovel
they hovel

Preterite
I hovelled
you hovelled
he/she/it hovelled
we hovelled
you hovelled
they hovelled

Present Continuous
I am hovelling
you are hovelling
he/she/it is hovelling
we are hovelling
you are hovelling
they are hovelling

Present Perfect
I have hovelled
you have hovelled
he/she/it has hovelled
we have hovelled
you have hovelled
they have hovelled

Past Continuous
I was hovelling
you were hovelling
he/she/it was hovelling
we were hovelling
you were hovelling
they were hovelling

Past Perfect
I had hovelled
you had hovelled
he/she/it had hovelled
we had hovelled
you had hovelled
they had hovelled

Future
I will hovel
you will hovel
he/she/it will hovel
we will hovel
you will hovel
they will hovel

Future Perfect
I will have hovelled
you will have hovelled
he/she/it will have hovelled
we will have hovelled
you will have hovelled
they will have hovelled

Future Continuous
I will be hovelling
you will be hovelling
he/she/it will be hovelling
we will be hovelling
you will be hovelling
they will be hovelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hovelling
you have been hovelling
he/she/it has been hovelling
we have been hovelling
you have been hovelling
they have been hovelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hovelling
you will have been hovelling
he/she/it will have been hovelling
we will have been hovelling
you will have been hovelling
they will have been hovelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hovelling
you had been hovelling
he/she/it had been hovelling
we had been hovelling
you had been hovelling
they had been hovelling

Conditional
I would hovel
you would hovel
he/she/it would hovel
we would hovel
you would hovel
they would hovel

Past Conditional
I would have hovelled
you would have hovelled
he/she/it would have hovelled
we would have hovelled
you would have hovelled
they would have hovelled

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hovel - small crude shelter used as a dwellingshack, shanty, hut, hutchigloo, iglu - an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a domemudhif - a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drainedshelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

hovel

noun1. hut, hole, shed, cabin, den, slum, shack, shanty They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.2. dump, hole, pigsty The room I was given was a hovel.

hovel

nounAn ugly, squalid dwelling:hole, hut, shack, shanty.

Translations

陋室

hovel

(ˈhovəl) , ((American) ˈha-) noun a small, dirty house. 簡陋骯髒的住處 陋室