[ hi:v ]
■ verb ( past and past participle ~d or chiefly Nautical hove )
1》 lift or haul (a heavy thing) with great effort.
↘ informal throw (something heavy).
2》 produce (a sigh).
3》 rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically.
4》 make an effort to vomit; retch.
5》 ( ~ to ) Nautical come to a stop, especially by turning across the wind leaving the headsail backed.
↘( ~ in sight or into view ) come into view.
■ noun
1》 an act of heaving.
2》 ( ~s ) another term for COPD in horses.
3》 Geology a sideways displacement in a fault.
Derivatives
~r noun
Origin
OE hebban , of Gmc origin.