hove
/hoʊv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of heave
Example Sentences
- "As shee arrived on the roring shore, / In minde to leape into the mighty maine, / A little bote lay hoving her before[…]."
- "Alle these xv knyghtes were knyghtes of the table round / Soo these with moo other came in to gyders / and bete on bak the kynge of Northumberland and the kynge of Northwalys / whan sir launcelot sawe this as he houed in a lytil leued woode / thenne he sayd vnto syre lauayn / see yonder is a company of good knyghtes"
- "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."
- "Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson's Jim! I bet I was glad to see him."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hoʊv/
- British English: /həʊv/
Usage
Inflected Forms
hoves (present, singular)
hoving (participle, present)
hoved (participle, past)
hoved (past)
huve (alternative)
huff (alternative)
houf (alternative)