ALL meanings of heave
heave
H h - noun heave Lift or haul (a heavy thing ) with great effort. 1
- verb with object heave to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax. 1
- verb with object heave to throw, especially to lift and throw with effort, force, or violence: to heave an anchor overboard; to heave a stone through a window. 1
- verb with object heave Nautical. to move into a certain position or situation: to heave a vessel aback. to move in a certain direction: Heave the capstan around! Heave up the anchor! 1
- verb with object heave to utter laboriously or painfully: to heave a sigh. 1
- verb with object heave to cause to rise and fall with or as with a swelling motion: to heave one's chest. 1
- verb with object heave to vomit; throw up: He heaved his breakfast before noon. 1
- verb with object heave to haul or pull on (a rope, cable, line, etc.), as with the hands or a capstan: Heave the anchor cable! 1
- verb without object heave to rise and fall in rhythmically alternate movements: The ship heaved and rolled in the swelling sea. 1
- verb without object heave to breathe with effort; pant: He sat there heaving and puffing from the effort. 1
- verb without object heave to vomit; retch. 1
- verb without object heave to rise as if thrust up, as a hill; swell or bulge: The ground heaved and small fissures appeared for miles around. 1
- verb without object heave to pull or haul on a rope, cable, etc. 1
- noun plural heave retching 1
- verb without object heave to push, as on a capstan bar. 1
- verb without object heave Nautical. to move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation: heave about; heave alongside; heave in stays. (of a vessel) to rise and fall, as with a heavy beam sea. 1
- noun heave an act or effort of heaving. 1
- transitive verb heave throw: sth heavy 1
- noun heave a throw, toss, or cast. 1
- transitive verb heave pull, haul 1
- noun heave Geology. the horizontal component of the apparent displacement resulting from a fault, measured in a vertical plane perpendicular to the strike. 1
- intransitive verb heave chest: rise and fall 1
- noun heave the rise and fall of the waves or swell of a sea. 1
- intransitive verb heave retch, vomit 1
- noun heave heaves, (used with a singular verb). Also called broken wind. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, similar to asthma in human beings, characterized by difficult breathing. 1
- noun heave act of throwing 1
- idioms heave heave ho, (an exclamation used by sailors, as when heaving the anchor up.) 1
- intransitive verb heave ship: stop 1
- idioms heave heave in sight, to rise to view, as from below the horizon: The ship hove in sight as dawn began to break. 1
- idioms heave heave the lead. lead2 (def 16). 1
- verb heave If you heave something heavy or difficult to move somewhere, you push, pull, or lift it using a lot of effort. 0
- verb heave Heave is also a noun. 0
- verb heave If something heaves, it moves up and down with large regular movements. 0
- verb heave If you heave, or if your stomach heaves, you vomit or feel sick. 0
- verb heave If you heave a sigh, you give a big sigh. 0
- verb heave If a place is heaving or if it is heaving with people, it is full of people. 0
- verb heave to lift or move with a great effort 0
- verb heave to throw (something heavy) with effort 0
- verb heave to utter (sounds, sighs, etc) or breathe noisily or unhappily 0
- verb heave to rise and fall or cause to rise and fall heavily 0
- verb heave to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position 0
- verb heave (of a vessel) to pitch or roll 0
- verb heave to displace (rock strata, mineral veins, etc) in a horizontal direction 0
- verb heave to retch 0
- noun heave the act or an instance of heaving 0
- noun heave a fling 0
- noun heave the horizontal displacement of rock strata at a fault 0
- verb transitive heave to raise or lift, esp. with effort 0
- verb transitive heave to lift in this way and throw or cast 0
- verb transitive heave to throw 0