heave in sight

present singular third person heaves in sight · participle present heaving in sight · past hove in sight · participle past hove in sight · participle past hoven in sight · alternative heave into sight

1. nauticalTo appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision.

   Gradually, the end of summer hove into sight.

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   The captain of the schooner is abaft with his glass in his hand, occasionally sweeping the offing in expectation of a vessel heaving in sight [...]

   1836, Frederick Marryat, The Pirate, chapter 7

   Till on Thursday at nine, to the joy of your friend, I was told we were heaving in sight of Ostend; And heaving in sight on't (yon won't feel a doubt of it) Was good news to one who 'd been long heaving out of it.

   1850, “The progress to Ostend”, in Punch

   The smoke of Falk's tug hove in sight, far away at the mouth of the river.

   1901, Joseph Conrad, Falk

   Having crossed the Caribbean in the teeth of contrary winds, it was not until the early days of April that the French fleet hove in sight of Cartagena […]

   1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood, Chapter XXVII

   Synonyms: heave in view