hove

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete)To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.

   “As shee arrived on the roring shore, / In minde to leape into the mighty maine, / A little bote lay hoving her before[…].”

2. (intransitive, obsolete)To wait, linger.

   “Alle these xv knyghtes were knyghtes of the table round / Soo these with moo other came in to gyders / and bete on bak the kynge of Northumberland and the kynge of Northwalys / whan sir launcelot sawe this as he houed in a lytil leued woode / thenne he sayd vnto syre lauayn / see yonder is a company of good knyghtes”

3. (intransitive, obsolete)To move on or by.
4. (dialectal, intransitive)To remain; delay.
5. (dialectal, intransitive)To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
6. (dialectal, transitive)To raise; lift; hold up.
7. (dialectal, intransitive)To rise.

   “Astond he stood, and vp his haire did houe, / And with that suddein horror could no member moue.”

   “There was nothing else to do, and he was doing it to the best of his ability - having, in fact, fallen into a trance of admiration before a large meerschaum - when MacQuibble hove in sight on his way to the Life Class at the Gallery.”

   “This will become increasingly urgent as next year's General Election hoves into view.”

8. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of heave
9. (dialectal, form-of, obsolete, participle, past)simple past and past participle of heave

   “Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson's Jim! I bet I was glad to see him.”

name

1. A town in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west of Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2804).