Hoven

//ˈhoʊvən// adj, name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    alternative past participle of heave alternative, form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Affected with the disease called hoove. not-comparable

    "hoven cattle"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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billowgaggagheftliftpant

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoven, from Old English hafen, ġehafen, from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to hove + -en. Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.

Etymology 2

From hoove + -en.

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