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lover.

to coil (a rope or cord), to fake a line

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/lɔ.ve/
  1. to coil (a rope or cord), to fake a line

  2. to coil up, wind up; to curl up

    reflexive
  3. to snuggle up to, to snuggle up against

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

A 17th century borrowing from North Sea Germanic language verb "lofen, lufen". The 1986 Dictionnaire de l'Académie française identifies the source as Low German (Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German); Jan de Vries' Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek (which identifies it as a possible cognate of Dutch leuver) suggests East Frisian instead.

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