noun a small bay; an inlet; a haven.
2. hope ·noun a sloping plain between mountain ridges.
3. hope ·noun that which is hoped for; an object of hope.
4. hope ·vt to expect; to fear.
5. hope ·vi to place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good;
usually followed by in.
6. hope ·noun one who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
7. hope ·vt to desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
8. hope ·noun a desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
9. hope ·vi to entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect;
usually followed by for.