Heave

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See Synonyms at lift.
  • v. To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl: heave the shot; heaved a brick through the window.
  • v. To throw or toss: heaved his backpack into the corner.
  • v. To utter with effort or pain: heaved a groan of despair.
  • v. To vomit (something).
  • v. Nautical To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable: hove the anchor up and set sail.
  • v. Nautical To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling: hove the ship astern.
  • v. To make rise or swell: the wind heaving huge waves; an exhausted dog heaving its chest.
  • v. Geology To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).
  • verb-intransitive. To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge: The sidewalk froze and heaved.
  • verb-intransitive. To rise and fall in turn, as waves.
  • verb-intransitive. To gag or vomit.
  • verb-intransitive. Nautical To move in a certain direction or to a specified position: The frigate hove alongside.
  • verb-intransitive. Nautical To pull at or haul a rope or cable: The brig is heaving around on the anchor.
  • verb-intransitive. Nautical To push at a capstan bar or lever.
  • n. The effort of heaving.
  • n. An act of hurling; a throw, especially when considered in terms of distance: a heave of 63 feet.
  • n. Geology A horizontal dislocation, as of a rock stratum, at a fault.
  • n. An upward movement.
  • n. The act or an instance of gagging or vomiting.
  • n. 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 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.
  • phrasal-verb. heave to Nautical To turn an engine-powered vessel in a similar situation so that its bow heads into the seas while proceeding at low speed.
  • idiom. sight To rise or seem to rise over the horizon into view, as a ship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
  • v. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
  • v. To displace (a vein, stratum).
  • v. To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
  • v. To rise and fall.
  • v. To utter with effort.
  • v. To throw, cast.
  • v. To pull up with a rope or cable.
  • v. To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
  • v. To make an effort to vomit; to retch.
  • v. 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.
  • n. The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare with pitch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up.
  • v. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases
  • v. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases.
  • v. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort.
  • v. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
  • verb-intransitive. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To raise; lift; hoist.
  • Especially To lift with obvious effort; raise with exertion, as something heavy or resistant.
  • To lift (a child) at baptism; baptize; also, to be sponsor for.
  • To weigh; heft.
  • To cause to swell or bulge upward; raise above the former or the surrounding level: often with up.
  • To elevate or elate in condition or feeling, as by the operation of some potent agency or some moving influence; exalt; promote; raise suddenly or forcibly to a higher state.
  • To increase.
  • To bring up or forth with effort; raise from the breast or utter with the voice laboriously or painfully: as, to heave a sigh or a groan.
  • To throw upward and outward; cast or toss with force or effort; hurl or pitch, as with aim or purpose: as, to heave a stone; to heave the lead.
  • In geology, to throw or lift out of its place: said of the intersection of two veins, or of that of a cross-course with another vein.
  • Nautical, to draw or pull in any direction, as by means of a windlass or capstan: as, to heave a ship ahead (that is, to bring her forward, when not under sail, by means of a cable or other appliance); to heave up an anchor (to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere).
  • Synonyms and Hoist, Lift, etc. See raise.
  • To be raised, thrown, or forced up; rise; swell up; bulge out.
  • To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the waves of the sea, the lungs in difficult or painful breathing, the earth in an earthquake, etc.
  • To pant, as after severe exertion; labor.
  • To make an effort to vomit; retch.
  • To mount.
  • To labor heavily; toil.
  • n. An act of heaving; a lifting, throwing, tossing, or retching exertion.
  • n. An upward movement or expansion; swell or distention, as of the waves of the sea, of the lungs in difficult or painful breathing, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.; a forcible uplifting.
  • n. A rise of land; a knoll.
  • n. In mining, a dislocation or displacement of a part of a vein, in consequence of its intersection by another vein or cross-course, or by a simple slide, fracture, or jointing of the country-rock.
  • n. plural A disease of horses. See heaves.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. throw with great effort
  • v. rise and move, as in waves or billows
  • n. the act of lifting something with great effort
  • n. (geology) a horizontal dislocation
  • n. the act of raising something
  • v. utter a sound, as with obvious effort
  • n. an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
  • v. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
  • v. lift or elevate
  • v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
  • v. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
  • v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
  • n. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
  • n. throwing something heavy (with great effort)
  • Verb Form
    heaved    heaves    heaving    hove   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    throw    inflate    blow up    rise    ascension    ascending    ascent    movement    motion    propulsion   
    Variant
    hove   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    throw    cast    swell    dilate    expand    distend    struggle    retch    vomit    rising   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aggrieve    aleve    believe    bereave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lurch    jerk    gasp    tug    jolt    shove    plunge    twist    sob    leap