Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hove to

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
hov-e -to
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does hove to mean?
simple past and past participle of heave to

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