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Heave   /hiv/   Listen
Heave

noun
1.
An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).  Synonym: heaving.
2.
(geology) a horizontal dislocation.
3.
The act of lifting something with great effort.  Synonym: heaving.
4.
An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting.  Synonym: retch.
5.
The act of raising something.  Synonyms: lift, raise.  "Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
6.
Throwing something heavy (with great effort).  Synonym: heaving.  "He was not good at heaving passes"
verb
(past heaved or hove; past part. heaved or hove, formerly hoven; pres. part. heaving)
1.
Utter a sound, as with obvious effort.
2.
Throw with great effort.
3.
Rise and move, as in waves or billows.  Synonyms: billow, surge.
4.
Lift or elevate.  Synonyms: heave up, heft, heft up.
5.
Move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position.
6.
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.  Synonyms: gasp, pant, puff.
7.
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat.  Synonyms: buckle, warp.
8.
Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.  Synonyms: gag, retch.



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"Heave" Quotes from Famous Books



... John,' I said. 'Now, lads, remember that when the first explosion comes—for we can't reckon on the two slow matches burning just the same time—we all heave together till we find the hatch lifts; then, when the second comes, we chuck it over and leap out. If you see a weapon, catch it up, but don't waste time looking about, but go at them with your fists. They will be scared pretty well out of their senses, and you will not be long before you ...
— When London Burned • G. A. Henty
... Little Dutchmen," and a representation from "The Mule Outfit," I stepped into the boat and it was swung off into the savage swirl of gray water. We failed of landing the first time. I did not wonder at the ferryman's nervousness, as I felt the heave and rush ...
— The Trail of the Goldseekers - A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse • Hamlin Garland
... the reluctant abandonment of his intention to visit Panama. The sufferings of the adventurers from bad weather and shortness of water was severely felt on the passage to Florida. But the rough leader never lost heart or spared himself in any way. He was obliged to heave-to at Cape Antonio (Cuba), and here with indomitable courage went to work, putting heart into his men by digging with pick and shovel in a way that would have put a navvy to the blush, and when their efforts ...
— Drake, Nelson and Napoleon • Walter Runciman
... when you let the barrier drop, And all the frontier opened shop To deal in warlike apparatus, Much heartened by your friendly leave To storm and ravage, slay and reave, I felt my fighting bosom heave ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 • Various
... did," with grieved dignity; "maybe I did. But that's no reason why you should set there and heave ...
— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln


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