Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hove
IPA transcription: [h'oʊv]
Usage examples
  • Blenkiron hove himself from the sofa and waddled to a cupboard.
  • They took in sail and hove to as they came up with the drifting boats, laden to capacity with survivors.
  • We hove in sight just in time to drive the cannibals off. We kept Wolf, sewed up his side and throat, tamed him--and to-morrow night you will see how Mukoki has taught him to get even with his people."
  • The man under him, thrown to the ground by the suddenness of Tom's leap on him, was wriggling and squirming with all the desperation of a trapped creature, when the individual with the flying footsteps hove in sight.