heave

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[edit] Etymology

Old English hebban, from Germanic *hafjan, from Indo-European. Cognate with Danish hæve, Dutch heffen, German heben, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hafjan), Swedish häva; and with Latin capiō.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /hiːv/
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• Rhymes: -iːv

[edit] Verb

to heave (third-person singular simple present heaves, present participle heaving, simple past heaved or, nautical, hove, past participle heaved or, nautical hove)

1. (transitive, archaic) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
2. (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

   We heaved the chest-of-doors on to the second-floor landing.

3. (transitive, mining, geology) To displace (a vein, stratum).
4. (transitive, now rare) To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

   The wind heaved the waves.

5. (intransitive) To rise and fall.

   Her chest heaved with emotion.

6. (transitive) To utter with effort.

   She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

7. (transitive, now nautical) To throw, cast.

   The cap'n hove the body overboard.

8. (transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.

   Heave up the anchor there, boys!

9. (intransitive) To make an effort to vomit; to retch.

   The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.

[edit] Noun

heave (plural heaves)

1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, 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, and the like.
3. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
4. (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare with pitch.

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