heave

heave (h

v. heaved, heav·ing, heaves

v.tr.

1. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See Synonyms at lift.

a. To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl: heave the shot; heaved a brick through the window.

b. To throw or toss: heaved his backpack into the corner.

3. To utter with effort or pain: heaved a groan of despair.

4. To vomit (something).

5. past tense and past participle hove (h

v) Nautical

a. To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable: hove the anchor up and set sail.

b. To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling: hove the ship astern.

6. To make rise or swell: the wind heaving huge waves; an exhausted dog heaving its chest.

7. Geology To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).

v.intr.

1. To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge: The sidewalk froze and heaved.

2. To rise and fall in turn, as waves.

3. To gag or vomit.

4. past tense and past participle hove Nautical

a. To move in a certain direction or to a specified position: The frigate hove alongside.

b. To pull at or haul a rope or cable: The brig is heaving around on the anchor.

c. To push at a capstan bar or lever.

1. The effort of heaving.

2. An act of hurling; a throw, especially when considered in terms of distance: a heave of 63 feet.

3. Geology A horizontal dislocation, as of a rock stratum, at a fault.

4. An upward movement.

5. The act or an instance of gagging or vomiting.

6. heaves (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A pulmonary disease of horses that is characterized by respiratory irregularities, such as coughing, and is noticeable especially after exercise or in cold weather.

Phrasal Verb:

heave to Nautical

1. To turn a sailing ship so that its bow heads into the wind and the ship lies motionless except for drifting, in order to meet a storm: The brig hove to.

2. To turn an engine-powered vessel in a similar situation so that its bow heads into the seas while proceeding at low speed.

Idiom:

heave into sight/view

To rise or seem to rise over the horizon into view, as a ship.

[Middle English heven, from Old English hebban; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

heaver n.

heave

Verb

[heaving, heaved]

1. to lift or move (something) with a great effort

2. to throw (something heavy) with effort

3. to utter (a sigh) noisily or unhappily

4. to rise and fall heavily

5. pt & pp hove Naut

a. to move in a specified direction: heave her bows around and head north

b. (of a vessel) to pitch or roll

6. to vomit or retch

Noun

the act of heaving [Old English hebban]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	heave - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" heaving rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
	2.	heave - (geology) a horizontal dislocation geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	3.	heave - the act of lifting something with great effort heaving ascending, rise, ascent, ascension - the act of changing location in an upward direction
	4.	heave - an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" retch spasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
	5.	heave - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" raise, lift actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling
	6.	heave - throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" heaving throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
Verb	1.	heave - utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	2.	heave - throw with great effort throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	3.	heave - rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" surge, billow inflate, blow up - fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
	4.	heave - lift or elevate heave up, heft, heft up upheave - lift forcefully from beneath weigh anchor, weigh the anchor - heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
	5.	heave - move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	6.	heave - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" gasp, pant, puff blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
	7.	heave - bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" warp, buckle change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
	8.	heave - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit retch, gag

heave

verb 1. lift, raise, pull (up), drag (up), haul (up), tug, lever, hoist, heft (informal)

verb 2. throw, fling, toss, send, cast, pitch, hurl, sling

verb 3. surge, rise, swell, billow

verb 4. vomit, be sick, throw up (informal) chuck (up) (slang), chiefly U.S. chuck Austral., N.Z. (informal) gag, spew, retch, barf U.S. (slang) chunder (slang), chiefly Austral. upchuck U.S. (slang) do a technicolour yawn (slang) toss your cookies U.S. (slang)

verb 5. breathe, sigh, puff, groan, sob, breathe heavily, suspire (archaic) utter wearily

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