Heave

Quick meaning: Heave is a verb meaning (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

Meaning

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To throw, cast.
2. (intransitive) To rise and fall.
3. (transitive) To utter with effort.
4. (transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.
5. (transitive, archaic) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
6. (intransitive) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
7. (transitive, mining, geology) To displace (a vein, stratum).

Example Sentences

the heaving plain of ocean

They hove rocks into the pond.

Her chest heaved with emotion.

He hove himself out of the bed.

Word Forms

• heaves
• heaving
• heaved

Synonyms for heave

Depending on context, synonyms include heft, upheave, fling, hurl, bung, cast.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include surge, lift, buckle, elevation, raise, billow.

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