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Hove

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Hove  (hv)
A municipal borough of southeast England on the English Channel west of Brighton. It is a residential seaside resort. Population: 72,300.
hove  (hv)
v.
v.tr.
Past tense and past participle of heave.
v.intr.
Past tense and past participle of heave.
hove [həʊv]
vb
Chiefly nautical a past tense and past participle of heave
Hove [həʊv]
n
(Placename) a town and coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex. Pop.: 67 602 (1991)


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He laid into his work like a nigger, and the way he hove acorns into that hole for about two hours and a half was one of the most exciting and astonishing spectacles I ever struck.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Despite the fact that by his manoeuvre the Arangi had been hove to, he knew that windage and sea-driftage would quickly send her away from the swimming puppy.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
And how was I to guess that the story of how the Queen had thrown him down on his own boat, the moment I hove in sight, was already the gleeful gossip of the water-front?
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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