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heave

UK/ˈhiːv/ US/ˈhɪi̯v/ fairly common uk
verb (8) noun (6)

verb

1.

utter a sound, as with obvious effort

  • “She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do”
2.
3.

rise and move, as in waves or billows

  • “The army surged forward”
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4.
5.

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

  • “The vessel hove into sight”
6.

breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

  • “The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily”
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7.

bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

  • “The highway buckled during the heat wave”
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8.

make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

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noun

1.

an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

  • “the heaving of waves on a rough sea”
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2.
3.

the act of lifting something with great effort

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4.

an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

  • “a bad case of the heaves”
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5.

the act of raising something

  • “he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”
  • “fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up”
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6.

throwing something heavy (with great effort)

  • “he gave it a mighty heave”
  • “he was not good at heaving passes”
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Origin

From Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, from the root *kap-. See also have. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian heffe, Dutch heffen ("to raise", "to lift"), German heben ("to raise", "to lift"), Danish hæve ("to raise", "to lift"), Albanian kap (“to grasp, seize”), Old Irish cáin (“law, tribute”), cacht (“prisoner”), Latin capiō (“to take”), Latvian kàmpt (“to seize”), Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”), κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”)). (To lift, to raise): Compare typologically Russian поднима́ть (podnimátʹ), подня́ть (podnjátʹ) (akin to има́ть (imátʹ), име́ть (imétʹ) < Proto-Slavic *jьmati, *jьměti).

Phrases

  • frost heave
  • heave in sight
  • heave in view
  • heave into sight
  • heave into view
  • heave offering
  • heave the log
  • heave to
  • pyritic heave
  • two, six, heave

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