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hoove

hoove noun: a disease in cattle consisting of inflammation of the rumen by gas, usually caused by eating too much green food. Also the alternative form of hoof.

Noun

hoove (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A disease in cattle consisting of inflammation of the rumen by gas, usually caused by eating too much green food.
    Synonyms:
    bloat, bloating, drum belly, meteorism, ruminal bloat, ruminal tympany, ruminal tympanitis, tympanites, tympany, wind dropsy

Also used as

hoove is also the alternative form of hoof.

Synonyms of hoove

Forms of hoove

third-person singular presenthooves
present participlehooving
past participlehooved
pasthooved

Origin of hoove

Related to heave and hove.

Words formed from hoove

Questions about hoove

What does hoove mean?
Hoove means a disease in cattle consisting of inflammation of the rumen by gas, usually caused by eating too much green food.
What part of speech is hoove?
Hoove is a noun.

Words near hoove in the dictionary

  1. hoots down
  2. hoots it up
  3. hooty
  4. hooty tooty
  5. hooty-tooty
  6. hoove
  7. hooved
  8. hooven
  9. Hoovens
  10. hoover
  11. Hoover bag

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