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.
To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
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.
To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
To throw, as to heave a line ashore. The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.
To throw (an object or line).
the act of lifting something with great effort
an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"
utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
To pull on a line. Also to throw a line.
1. To raise or lift with effort or to cause to be lifted. 2. The extent of horizontal displacement caused by a fault in the earth.
To throw or pull strongly on a line.