heave

Meaning of heave

noun
  1. An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
  2. 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.
  3. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
  4. The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
  5. An effort to vomit; retching.
  6. (only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.
  7. A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
verb
  1. 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.
  2. To throw, cast.
    The cap'n hove the body overboard.
  3. To rise and fall.
    Her chest heaved with emotion.
  4. To utter with effort.
    She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
  5. To pull up with a rope or cable.
    Heave up the anchor there, boys!
  6. To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
  7. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
  8. To displace (a vein, stratum).
  9. To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
    The wind heaved the waves.
  10. To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
    to heave the ship ahead
  11. To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
    The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.
  12. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
  13. 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:

heaving

Meaning retch:

retch

Meaning lift:

lift, raise

Meaning billow:

billow, surge

Meaning heave up:

heft

Meaning pant:

pant, puff, gasp

Meaning buckle:

buckle, warp

Meaning gag:

gag, retch

Translation of heave

Anagrams of heave

Hevea, hevea

Words that rhyme with heave

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