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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hove \Hove\, imp. & p. p. of {Heave}.
{Hove short}, {Hove to}. See {To heave a cable short}, {To heave a ship to}, etc., under {Heave}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hove \Hove\, verb (used without an object) & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.] --Holland. Burns.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hove \Hove\, verb (used without an object) [OE. hoven. See {Hover}.] To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] --Gower.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), verb (used with an object) [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. h[aum]fva, Dan. h[ae]ve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. kw'ph handle. Cf. {Accept}, {Behoof}, {Capacious}, {Forceps}, {Haft}, {Receipt}.]
1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.
One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. --Shak.
Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense.
Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. --Herrick.
2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.
4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. --Shak.
5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. --Thomson.
{To heave a cable short} (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor.
{To heave a ship ahead} (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables.
{To heave a ship down} (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her.
{To heave a ship to} (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion.
{To heave about} (Naut.), to put about suddenly.
{To heave in} (Naut.), to shorten (cable).
{To heave in stays} (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack.
{To heave out a sail} (Naut.), to unfurl it.
{To heave taut} (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See {Taut}, and {Tight}.
{To heave the lead} (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line.
{To heave the log}. (Naut.) See {Log}.
{To heave up anchor} (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hove See {heave}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
heave
noun
1: an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" [syn: {heaving}]
2: (geology) a horizontal dislocation
3: the act of lifting something with great effort [syn: {heaving}]
4: an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" [syn: {retch}]
5: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: {lift}, {raise}]
6: throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" [syn: {heaving}]
verb
1: utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
2: throw with great effort
3: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: {billow}, {surge}]
4: lift or elevate [syn: {heave up}, {heft}, {heft up}]
5: nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
6: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: {pant}, {puff}, {gasp}]
7: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave" [syn: {buckle}, {warp}]
8: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: {gag}, {retch}] [also: {hove}]
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