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hove

American  
[hohv] / hoʊv /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of heave.

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

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

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

As the band of Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company hove into sight, the first airplanes were seen overhead.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020

“The jury is still out,” said Luc Van den hove, chief executive of the Belgium-based chip research center Imec.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 12, 2016

The dark mouths of mines now hove into view, in all sizes and states of dilapidation.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

Slumber, soft and deep like the still sleep of death, weighed on his eyes as the ship hove seaward.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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