English Explanatory Dictionary

tave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet.
  2. To toss or tumble oneself about; act violently, rage, throw a fit.
  3. To struggle, toil, strive, labour.
  4. To trudge, walk heavily.
  5. To wrestle.
  6. To hurry along; gad about.
  7. To distress, overtire.
noun
  1. A difficulty, struggle.
  2. A hurry, stir, commotion.

Word forms

tave taves taving taved teave

Etymology

From Middle English taven, from Old Norse *tafa, from Proto-Germanic *tabōn (“to grope, feel”). Cognate with Faroese tava (“to endeavour, exert oneself”), Norwegian Nynorsk tava (“to toil in vain”), German zabeln (“to move convulsively, sprawl, flounder”).

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