heave
verb (used with object)
to throw, especially to lift and throw with effort, force, or violence.
had hove
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past perfectof heave.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They must have thought that the frigate was still ashore, or that she had hove her guns overboard to get off, or they would not have ventured so near.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
In another moment the enemy's fleet had hove in sight.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891 by Various
I suspect he would have dowsed his glim in no little hurry if one of his officers had hove in sight.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells
We repaired to a small battery that we had hove up—nailed our colors to the flag staff—others lined the shore with their muskets.
From The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814 by J. Hammond (James Hammond) Trumbull
We could now see the enemy; he had hove to, and was waiting for us in a line.
From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller
