"wharve" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /woɹv/ [General-American], /wɔːv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍɔː(ɹ)v/ (note: without the wine–whine merger, without the horse–hoarse merger) Forms: wharves [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)v Etymology: From Middle English wherve, from Old English hweorfa, related to the verb. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wherve}} Middle English wherve, {{inh|en|ang|hweorfa}} Old English hweorfa Head templates: {{en-noun}} wharve (plural wharves)
  1. The whorl of a spindle.
    Sense id: en-wharve-en-noun-9jWLWyMO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /woɹv/ [General-American], /wɔːv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍɔː(ɹ)v/ (note: without the wine–whine merger, without the horse–hoarse merger) Forms: wharves [present, singular, third-person], wharving [participle, present], wharved [past], whorf [past], wharved [participle, past], whorven [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)v Etymology: From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wharven||to turn}} Middle English wharven (“to turn”), {{inh|en|ang|hweorfan||to turn}} Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hwerban||to turn}} Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hwerbaną||to turn}} Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”), {{cog|nl|werven||to recruit}} Dutch werven (“to recruit”), {{cog|is|hverfa||to turn}} Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), {{cog|fo|hvørva||to disappear}} Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), {{cog|de|werben||to recruit, advertise}} German werben (“to recruit, advertise”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=whorf|past_ptc3=whorven}} wharve (third-person singular simple present wharves, present participle wharving, simple past wharved or whorf, past participle wharved or whorven)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass). Tags: Northern-England, Scotland
    Sense id: en-wharve-en-verb-fHLTQvQf Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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