HEAVE TO


Meaning of HEAVE TO in English

( technical ) if a ship or its crew (= the people sailing it) heave to , the ship stops moving

HELP NOTE : Hove is usually used for the past tense and past participle in this phrasal verb.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.