Hove

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Past tense and past participle of heave.
  • verb-intransitive. Past tense and past participle of heave.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To raise; lift; hold up.
  • v. To rise.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of heave.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of heave.
  • v. To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
  • v. To wait, linger.
  • v. To move on or by.
  • v. To remain; delay.
  • v. To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. & p. p. of heave.
  • v. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
  • verb-intransitive. To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wait; linger; loiter; hover about.
  • To hover in the air.
  • To float.
  • To move; stand aside.
  • Preterit and past participle of heave.
  • To lift; heave.
  • To swell; inflate.
  • To rise; ascend.
  • To swell.
  • An obsolete aphetic form of behove, behoove.
  • n. Same as hoove.
  • n. The ground-ivy, Nepeta Glechoma.
  • 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   
    Variant
    heave   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rise    swell    heave    loiter    lurk    heaved   
    Verb Stem
    heave   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dove    Grove    Nov    Soave    bove    cove    dove    drove    gove    grove