Definition of heve

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1. heave [ v ] utter a sound, as with obvious effort
Examples: "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"

Used in print:

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

Digby heaved a deep ethereal sigh .

Synonyms heave Related Terms utter

2. heave [ v ] throw with great effort

Used in print:

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Somebody heaved a stone .

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

The first thing every morning when she washed her face she could see the scar on her chin where he 'd cut her with a boot cleat , and maybe she saw him heaving it again , the dirty sock popping_out as it flew .

Synonyms heave Related Terms throw

3. heave [ v ] lift or elevate

Used in print:

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

He heaved the dead man onto the buckboard , yelled and lashed at the team and got_out of there fast .

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

He started to struggle up , heaving desperately .

Synonyms heave heft heft_up heave_up Related Terms lift weigh_anchor upheave lift

4. heave [ v ] rise and move, as in waves or billows
Examples: "The army surged forward"

Used in print:

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

That keeps_in the cold , retains moisture and prevents the heaving of alternate freezing and thawing .

Synonyms surge heave billow Related Terms inflate billow

5. heave [ v ] breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
Examples: "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

Synonyms pant gasp heave puff Related Terms blow gasp panting huffing

6. heave [ v ] nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
Examples: : "The vessel hove into sight"

Used in print:

(James Blish, The Star Dwellers....)

Then the skiff hove into sight , just a dot of light at_first against the roiling blackness and crimson streaks of the Coal_Sack .

Synonyms heave Related Terms move

7. heave [ v ] bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
Examples: "The highway buckled during the heatwave"

Synonyms buckle warp heave Related Terms change_surface lift warp

8. heave [ n ] (geology) a horizontal dislocation

Synonyms heave Related Terms movement geology

9. heave [ n ] an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
Examples: "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"

Synonyms heaving heave Related Terms rise billow

10. heave [ n ] the act of raising something
Examples: "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow" "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"