heave

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

2. 2transitive verb

   To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.

3. 3transitive verb

   To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.

4. 4transitive verb

   To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.

5. 5transitive verb

   To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.

10. 10noun

    An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.

11. 11noun

    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.

12. 12noun

    A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

13. 13noun

    throwing something heavy (with great effort)

    "he gave it a mighty heave"

    "he was not good at heaving passes"

    Synonyms

    heaving
14. 14noun

    the act of raising something

    "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"

    "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

    Synonyms

    liftraise
15. 15noun

    an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

    "a bad case of the heaves"

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    retch
16. 16noun

    the act of lifting something with great effort

    Synonyms

    heaving
17. 17noun

    (geology) a horizontal dislocation

18. 18noun

    an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

    "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"

    Synonyms

    heaving
19. 19verb

    breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

    "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

    Synonyms

    gasppantpuff
20. 20verb

    make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

    Synonyms

    gagretch
21. 21verb

    bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

    "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

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    bucklewarp
22. 22verb

    utter a sound, as with obvious effort

    "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"

23. 23verb

    lift or elevate

    Synonyms

    heft
24. 24verb

    throw with great effort

25. 25verb

    rise and move, as in waves or billows

    "The army surged forward"

    Synonyms

    billowsurge
26. 26verb

    move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position

    "The vessel hove into sight"