heave
verb (used with object)
to throw, especially to lift and throw with effort, force, or violence.
have hove
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present perfectof heave.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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"Maybe they have hove their hoards down the well!"
From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
So utterly miserable did we become that at length we even ceased to rise occasionally to take a look round, to see whether, perchance, another sail might have hove in sight.
From The Log of a Privateersman by W. (William) Rainey
They cast anything but pleasant looks at their captors, and it was very evident that if they had dared they would have hove them quickly overboard again.
From Sunshine Bill by William Henry Giles Kingston
I have hove all the old Shoes I can find for Joy; and all my Neighbours rejoice with me.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
If 'twas one of the hands I guess likely she'd have hove him overboard.
From The Rise of Roscoe Paine by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
