hove

American  

[hohv] / hoʊv /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of heave.

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Hove ¹ British  

/ həʊv /

noun

1. a town and coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex. Pop: 72 335 (2001)

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hove ² British  

/ həʊv /

verb

1. nautical a past tense and past participle of heave

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Example Sentences

Racism has been a feature of American history since the first slave ship hove to off Jamestown in 1619.

From Salon

Everyone has a story about him joining a crew that has lucklessly staked out a target species for two weeks, only for that creature – whether Hungarian mayfly or polar bear – to suddenly hove into view.

From The Guardian

We could hear the car several blocks before it actually hove into sight, because it was equipped with an exhaust whistle that was allowed to function as a matter of routine.

From Literature

An ungainly ship hove into view in Elliott Bay, out the window of the Seattle apartment where I moved last spring to begin reporting for the Los Angeles Times.

From Los Angeles Times

“Make yourself at home,” the midwife said, as I hove into the birthing room like a galleon in full sail.

From The Guardian