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- Dictionaryheave/hiːv/
verb
- 1. lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort: "she heaved the sofa back into place" Similar Opposite
- 2. produce (a sigh): "he heaved a euphoric sigh of relief" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of heaving: "with that last heave, Maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud"
- 2. a sideways displacement in a fault.
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HEAVE definition: 1. to move something heavy using a lot of effort: 2. to throw something forcefully, especially…. Learn more.
The meaning of HEAVE is lift, raise. How to use heave in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Heave.
Heave definition: to throw, especially to lift and throw with effort, force, or violence. See examples of HEAVE used in a sentence.
If you heave something heavy or difficult to move somewhere, you push, pull, or lift it using a lot of effort. It took five strong men to heave the statue up a ramp and lower it into place. American English : heave / ˈhiv /
When you heave something, you haul or lift a heavy object. You might not realize how fat your cat has become until you have to heave him out of the way to make room for yourself on the sofa.
1. To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge: The sidewalk froze and heaved. 2. To rise and fall in turn, as waves. 3. To gag or vomit. 4. To pant; gasp: heave for air. 5. past tense and past participle hove Nautical. a.
to throw something forcefully, especially something large and heavy: She picked up a heavy book and heaved it at him. [ I ] If something heaves, it makes one or more large movements up and down: As the wind increased, the deck of the ship began to heave beneath his feet. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pulling. draft. drag someone away
heaven-forfend. Heave definition: To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force.
1. If you heave something heavy or difficult to move somewhere, you push, pull, or lift it using a lot of effort. [...] 2. If something heaves, it moves up and down with large regular movements. [...] 3. If you heave, or if your stomach heaves, you vomit or feel sick. [...] More. Conjugations of 'heave' present simple: I heave, you heave [...]
HEAVE definition: 1. to move something heavy using a lot of effort: 2. to move up and down: 3. to breathe out…. Learn more.
