heave
verb (used with object)
to throw, especially to lift and throw with effort, force, or violence.
has hove
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present perfectof heave (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I've been waiting here 'most an hour and not a soul has hove in sight.
From Heart of Gold by Ruth Alberta Brown
"We've come to sport with you, my young friends, for a while, because our beloved house-master has hove us out of our diggin's."
From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling
"Go on deck, my lord, and see if the Dover has hove in any upon her larboard bower, so as to bring her more on our quarter."
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
