n. 1. Ludwig van Beethoven, a renowned German composer, born 1770, died 1827.
Syn. -- van Beethoven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the music of Beethoven. He enjoyed Beethoven most of all. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v., and derivatives. See Behoove, &c. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Useful, or usefully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hove short,
Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Holland. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. hoven. See Hover. ] To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home. ] 1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoveled r Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling. ] To put in a hovel; to shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. [ Written also hoveller. ] [ Prov. Eng. ] G. P. R. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two. [ Written also hovelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. or archaic p. p. of Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. doubtful. ] A cover; a shelter; a protection. [ Archaic ] Carew. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hovered p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering. ] [ OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive into one's house. See Hovel. ] 1. To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called ACV and air-cushioned vehicle. [ Mostly found in Great Britain ] [ PJC ]

n. A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The kestrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hovering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. [ 1913 Webster ]

I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Thrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shoved p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving. ] [ OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. scūfan; akin to OFries. skūva, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. skūfa, sk&ymacr_;fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. √160. Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle. ] 1. To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. [ 1913 Webster ]

He grasped the oar,
eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The same as Shovelboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc&unr_;vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. √160. See Shove, v. t. ] An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [ Colloq. ] --
Shovelspur (Zool.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. --
Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shoveled r Shovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling or Shovelling. ] 1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To gather up as with a shovel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Shoveler. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The shoveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also shoveller. ] 1. One who, or that which, shovels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Shovelfuls As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The common sand shark. See under Snad. (b) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil. (c) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus). (d) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [ Obs. & R. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From its habit of hovering over one spot. ] (Zool.) The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]