hove

Rose into view

Hove is the past tense and past participle of heave in its nautical senses.

A ship hove into view on the horizon.

To heave to (stop a vessel) becomes hove to in the past: The captain hove to and waited for the storm to pass.

Outside maritime contexts, heaved is the standard past tense.

nautical

sailing

Wind-propelled water travel

vesselReceptacle for contents
shipSeagoing transport vessel
tackSharp-headed fastener

windward · leeward · rigging · sails · mast · halyard · sheets · bowline · seamanship · maneuver

emergence

loom

Fabric-making frame

appearBecome perceptible to sight
riseMove to higher position
emergeCome out into view

materialize · surface · approach · sight · view · horizon · distance · silhouette · outline · shape

Categories

old past tensesspake, begat, drave, clave, gat
Newfoundland SlangCFA, screech, mummer, outport, bayman

Opposites

visibility/appearance

hovedisappeared

Ceased to exist visibly

vanished · receded · slipped away · withdrew · retreated

vertical motion

hovesank

Went down, as ships

sunk · descended · plunged · dropped · submerged

ship movement

Traveled by wind-powered vessel

pressed on · drifted · proceeded · steamed ahead · continued

Phrases

hovering parent
hover carLevitating personal vehicle
hover handsHands suspended near, not on
hover in place
hover bikeLevitating personal vehicle
hover textText shown on cursor rest

Family

hover, hovering, hovered

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G