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Heave 1

Definition: 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.

Heave 2

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

Heave 3

Definition: 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.

Heave 4

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

Heave 5

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

Heave 6

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

Heave 7

Definition: 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.

Heave 8

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

Heave 9

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

Heave 10

Definition: 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.

Heave 11

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

heave 12

Definition: throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"

heave 13

Definition: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

heave 14

Definition: an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"

heave 15

Definition: the act of lifting something with great effort

heave 16

Definition: (geology) a horizontal dislocation

heave 17

Definition: an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"

heave 18

Definition: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

heave 19

Definition: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

heave 20

Definition: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"

heave 21

Definition: utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"

heave 22

Definition: lift or elevate

heave 23

Definition: throw with great effort

heave 24

Definition: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"

heave 25

Definition: nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

 

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