intransitive verb. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: synonym: lift.

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intransitive verb. To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl.

intransitive verb. To throw or toss.

intransitive verb. To give out or utter with effort or pain.

intransitive verb. To vomit (something).

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intransitive verb. To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable.

intransitive verb. To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling.

intransitive verb. To make rise or swell.

intransitive verb. To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).

intransitive verb. To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge.

intransitive verb. To rise and fall in turn, as waves.

intransitive verb. To gag or vomit.

intransitive verb. To pant; gasp.

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intransitive verb. To move in a certain direction or to a specified position.

intransitive verb. To pull at or haul a rope or cable.

intransitive verb. To push at a capstan bar or lever.

noun. The act or effort of raising or lifting something.

noun. An act of hurling; a throw, especially when considered in terms of distance.

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noun. A horizontal dislocation, as of a rock stratum, at a fault.

noun. An upward movement of a surface, especially when caused by swelling and expansion of clay, removal of overburden, or freezing of subsurface water.

noun. An upward movement, especially of a ship or aircraft.

noun. The act or an instance of gagging or vomiting.

noun. A pulmonary disease of horses that is characterized by respiratory irregularities, such as coughing, and is noticeable especially after exercise or in cold weather.

phrasal verb. To turn a sailing ship so that its bow heads into the wind and the ship lies motionless except for drifting, in order to meet a storm.

phrasal verb. To turn an engine-powered vessel in a similar situation so that its bow heads into the seas while proceeding at low speed.

idiom. (sight/view) To rise or seem to rise over the horizon into view, as a ship.

noun. An act of heaving; a lifting, throwing, tossing, or retching exertion.

noun. An upward movement or expansion; swell or distention, as of the waves of the sea, of the lungs in difficult or painful breathing, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.; a forcible uplifting.

noun. A rise of land; a knoll.

noun. In mining, a dislocation or displacement of a part of a vein, in consequence of its intersection by another vein or cross-course, or by a simple slide, fracture, or jointing of the country-rock.

noun. plural A disease of horses. See heaves.

To raise; lift; hoist.

Especially To lift with obvious effort; raise with exertion, as something heavy or resistant.

To lift (a child) at baptism; baptize; also, to be sponsor for.

To weigh; heft.

To cause to swell or bulge upward; raise above the former or the surrounding level: often with up.

To elevate or elate in condition or feeling, as by the operation of some potent agency or some moving influence; exalt; promote; raise suddenly or forcibly to a higher state.

To increase.

To bring up or forth with effort; raise from the breast or utter with the voice laboriously or painfully: as, to heave a sigh or a groan.

To throw upward and outward; cast or toss with force or effort; hurl or pitch, as with aim or purpose: as, to heave a stone; to heave the lead.

In geology, to throw or lift out of its place: said of the intersection of two veins, or of that of a cross-course with another vein.

Nautical, to draw or pull in any direction, as by means of a windlass or capstan: as, to heave a ship ahead (that is, to bring her forward, when not under sail, by means of a cable or other appliance); to heave up an anchor (to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere).

Synonyms and Hoist, Lift, etc. See raise.

To be raised, thrown, or forced up; rise; swell up; bulge out.

To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the waves of the sea, the lungs in difficult or painful breathing, the earth in an earthquake, etc.

To pant, as after severe exertion; labor.

"Refusal to heave is universally considered resistance to capture."

cornwall heave  heave and awash!  heave and aweigh!  heave and break!  heave and pawl!  

actuation  ascending  ascension  ascent  blow  

Eve  Kleve  Neave  Rajiv  Steve  

ache  bump  gasp  jerk  jolt  

a leg up  agitate  aye  barf  be nauseated  

hove  

heaved  heaves  heaving  hove