Standard Lemma guide
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.
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A town in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west of Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2804).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To wait, linger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To move on or by.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To remain; delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
To raise; lift; hold up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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verb
To rise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
simple past and past participle of heave
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Topics: nautical, transport
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History
Of disputed origin, with suggestions including hufe (“covering, shelter”) and hof (“hall”). More at Hove.
From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel.
From Middle English hoven, alteration (due to hove, hoven, past tense and past participle of heven (“to heave”)). More at heave.
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