heave
Meaning of heave
noun
- An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
- 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.
- A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
- The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
- An effort to vomit; retching.
- (only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.
- A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
- To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.
- To throw, cast.
The cap'n hove the body overboard.
- To rise and fall.
Her chest heaved with emotion.
- To utter with effort.
She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
- To pull up with a rope or cable.
Heave up the anchor there, boys!
- To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
- To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
- To displace (a vein, stratum).
- To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
The wind heaved the waves.
- To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
to heave the ship ahead
- 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.
- To rob; to steal from; to plunder.
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Hyphenation of heave
heave
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- heave is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
heave synonyms
Meaning heaving:
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Translation of heave
- German: heben, anheben, hochheben
- French: lever, hisser
- Portuguese: levantar, erguer
- Spanish: subir, levantar, alzar, elevar, izar
- Italian: innalzare, sollevare, elevare
Anagrams of heave
Words that rhyme with heave
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