name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
haver
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈheɪvə/
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Scotland: /ˈheːvəɹ/
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Cumbria, Yorkshire: /ˈavə/
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rhymes with -eɪvə(ɹ)
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General-American: /ˈhævɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhævə/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The cereal grain of cultivated oats (Avena sativa).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK
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noun
Meaning 3
The plant or the grain of common wild oats (Avena fatua).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
One who has something (in various senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
The person who has custody of a document.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of chaver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 7
To hem and haw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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verb
Meaning 8
To talk foolishly; to chatter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”) and German Hafer (“oat”).
From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er.
Borrowed from Hebrew חבר.
Borrowed from Scots haiver.