gove

See also: Gove

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəʊv/
• Rhymes: -əʊv

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• goaf, goff, goof

Noun

gove (plural goves)

1. (obsolete) A mow; a rick for hay.
   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:

     Gove just in the barn, it is out of despair

Etymology 2

Verb

gove (third-person singular simple present goves, present participle goving, simple past and past participle goved)

1. To stare stupidly.

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary

Anagrams

• vego

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gove

1. past participle of gyva