Haver meaning

hāvər
One who has, possesses etc.
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Haver is defined as to talk in a foolish way, or to go back and forth on a decision.

An example of haver is to waste time talking instead of working.

An example of haver is to waiver back and forth on a decision.

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To talk foolishly or waste time talking foolishly.
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To waver; vacillate.
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(UK) To hem and haw.
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(Scotland), Usually haiver. To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; to babble.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect) The cereal oats.
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Origin of haver

  • Borrowing from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”), cognate with German Hafer (“oat”).
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  • Borrowing from Scots haiver.
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  • have +‎ -er
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Haver Sentence Examples

  • Certain forms of the conjugation of the verb differ from the Castilian: dar, esiar, haver, saber, poner readily form their imperfects and imperfect subjunctives like the regular verbs in ar and erhavieron (Cast.

  • This movement was led by a rascally pirate Haver, from which Haverhill derives it 's name.

  • rascally pirate Haver, from which Haverhill derives it's name.

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