What is "hove"

Hove \Hove\, imp. & p. p. of Heave.

Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.

Hove \Hove\, v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.]
--Holland. Burns.

Hove \Hove\, v. i. [OE. hoven. See Hover.] To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.]
--Gower.

Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Heaved (h[=e]vd), or Hove (h[=o]v); p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven (h[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. h[aum]fva, Dan. h[ae]ve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. kw`ph handle. Cf. Accept, Behoof, Capacious, Forceps, Haft, Receipt.]

1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

   One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below.
   --Shak.

   Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense.

   Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand.
   --Herrick.

2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.

3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.

4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.

   The wretched animal heaved forth such groans.
   --Shak.

5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.

   The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores.
   --Thomson.

   To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor.

   To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables.

   To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her.

   To heave a ship to (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion.

   To heave about (Naut.), to put about suddenly.

   To heave in (Naut.), to shorten (cable).

   To heave in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack.

   To heave out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it.

   To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight.

   To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line.

   To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log.

   To heave up anchor (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.

"wait, linger, hover," mid-13c., of unknown origin. Chiefly nautical at first, of ships standing off a coast, also of birds in the air. Common 13c.-16c., then superseded by its derivative, hover.

"to rise up, to swell," 1590s, from heave, perhaps pulled from a past tense form.

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (label en obsolete intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover. 2 (label en obsolete intransitive) To wait, linger. vb. 1 (label en obsolete intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover. 2 (label en obsolete intransitive) To wait, linger. Etymology 2

vb. 1 (context transitive now chiefly dialectal English) To raise; lift; hold up. 2 (context intransitive now chiefly dialectal English) To rise. Etymology 3

vb. 1 (context nautical English) (en-pastheave) 2 (context obsolete or dialectal English) (en-pastheave)

See heave

1. n. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" [syn: heaving]

2. (geology) a horizontal dislocation

3. the act of lifting something with great effort [syn: heaving]

4. an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" [syn: retch]

5. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise]

6. throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" [syn: heaving]

7. [also: hove]

1. v. utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"

2. throw with great effort

3. rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: billow, surge]

4. lift or elevate [syn: heave up, heft, heft up]

5. nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

6. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp]

7. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave" [syn: buckle, warp]

8. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: gag, retch]

9. [also: hove]

Hove is a town in East Sussex, England. It may also refer to:

Hove is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Labour's Peter Kyle.

Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast. As part of local government reform Brighton and Hove were merged to form the borough of Brighton and Hove in 1997. In 2000 the conjoined towns officially attained city status.

Hove is bordered by Brighton to the east and Portslade-by-Sea in the west, the distance between the boundaries being some 2.25 miles (3.75 kilometres).