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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hove

/hōv/ · IPA /hoʊv/
01 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Heave.
  1. 1.
    imp. & p. p. of Heave. See: Heave
Phrases & compounds
Hove short — See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
02 v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
  1. 1.
    To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.[Obs. or Scot.]
03 v. i. To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.
  1. 1.
    To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.[Obs.]