To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
To wish.
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
The virtuous desire for future good.
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
The actual thing wished for.
A person or thing that is a source of hope.
To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.