Heave

[hiːv] or [hiv]

Definition

(noun.) throwing something heavy (with great effort); 'he gave it a mighty heave'; 'he was not good at heaving passes'.

(noun.) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; 'a bad case of the heaves'.

(noun.) the act of lifting something with great effort.

(noun.) (geology) a horizontal dislocation.

(noun.) an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); 'the heaving of waves on a rough sea'.

(verb.) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; 'The highway buckled during the heat wave'.

(verb.) utter a sound, as with obvious effort; 'She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do'.

(verb.) lift or elevate.

(verb.) throw with great effort.

(verb.) move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; 'The vessel hove into sight'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

(v. t.) To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.

(v. t.) To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.

(v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.

(v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.

(v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

(v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle.

(v. i.) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

(v. i.) To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.

(n.) An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.

(n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.

(n.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Lift, hoist, raise, elevate, raise up.[2]. Breathe, force from the breast.[3]. Throw, toss, hurl, send, fling.

v. n. [1]. Pant.[2]. Swell, dilate, expand.[3]. Retch, keck, try to vomit.[4]. Struggle, strive, make an effort.

n. [1]. Swell, rising, swelling, heaving.[2]. Retching, effort to vomit.[3]. Struggle, striving, effort.[4]. Fling, throw.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Lift, raise, uplift, upraise, sublevate, hoist

ANT:Dash, sink, lower, detrude, precipitate

Edited by Julia

Definition

v.t. to lift up: to throw upward: to draw in any direction as by a windlass: to cause to swell: to force from the breast: (geol.) to move away or displace (a vein or stratum).—v.i. to be raised: to rise and fall: to try to vomit:—pr.p. heav′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. heaved or (naut.) hōve.—n. an effort upward: a throw: a swelling: an effort to vomit: broken wind in horses.—ns. Heave′-off′ering a voluntary Jewish offering lifted up before the Lord by the priest; Heav′er one who or that which heaves; Heaves a disease in horses; Heave′-shoul′der the shoulder of an animal elevated in sacrifice; Heav′ing a rising: swell: (Shak.) panting.—Heave ho! an exclamation used by sailors in putting forth exertion as in heaving the anchor; Heave in sight to come into view; Heave to to bring a vessel to a stand-still to make her lie to.

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