heave /ˈhiːv/verb 13noun 7forms 9phrases 2 verb13 •To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.He hove himself out of the bed. •To pull up with a rope or cable.Heave up the anchor there, boys! •To throw, cast.They hove rocks into the pond.The cap'n hove the body overboard. •To rise and fall.Her chest heaved with emotion. •To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.17 June, 1857, Edward Everett, The Statue of Warren the heaving sods of Bunker Hill •To utter with effort.She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window. •To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave. •To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.She [The Church of England] had struggl'd and heav'd at a Reformation; ever since Wicliffs dayes, for about a 150 years together: […] — 1687 •To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.Pausing there I waited until the foremost Sagoth hove into sight. — 1914 •To displace (a vein, stratum). •(no longer used) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.Here a little child I stand, / Heaving up my either hand; […] — 1647 •(no longer used) To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.The wind heaved the waves. •(UK, no longer used) To rob; to steal from; to plunder.Ben mort (good vvench) shal you and I heaue a booth, mill a ken, or nip a bung? shall you and I rob a house, or cut a purse? — 1607 noun7 •An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.We gave one more heave and the wall toppled over at last. •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, etc.and now the bed shook, the curtains rattled so, that I could scarce hear the sighs and murmurs, the heaves and pantings that accompanied the action, from the beginning to the end — 1749 •The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. •An effort to vomit; retching. •A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectoryThat left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune. — 2019 •A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. •[before a noun] (rare) Broken wind in horses.The dust would have to be watched out for with a heave horse, and most alfalfa hay... — 1928 formsheaved · heft · hove · heavedst · hoven · heaving · heaves · heaveth · heavest Phrases with heave give someone the heave-hoTo fire, expel or break up with someone. heave toTo cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.
