hove

verb

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

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

3. (obsolete, intransitive) To move on or by.

4. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain; delay.

5. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain stationary (usually on horseback).

6. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To raise; lift; hold up.

7. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To rise.

8. (nautical) simple past tense and past participle of heave

9. (obsolete or dialectal) simple past tense and past participle of heave