Cryptic crossword clue
Resort hotel beside old abandoned vicarage 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOVE

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What does HOVE mean?

HOVE verb
  1. To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
  2. To wait, linger.
  3. To move on or by.
  4. To remain; delay.
  5. To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
HOVE verb
  1. To raise; lift; hold up.
  2. To rise.
HOVE verb
  1. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
  2. To throw, cast.
  3. To rise and fall.
  4. To utter with effort.
  5. To pull up with a rope or cable.
  6. To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
  7. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
  8. To displace (a vein, stratum).
  9. To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
  10. To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
  11. To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
  12. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
  13. To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

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