heave

heave
[[t]hi͟ːv[/t]]
(The forms heaves, heaving, heaved are used for meanings 1 to 4, and for the phrasal verb. The forms heaves, heaving, hove are used for meaning 5.)
1) VERB If you heave something heavy or difficult to move somewhere, you push, pull, or lift it using a lot of effort.

[V n prep/adv] It took five strong men to heave it up a ramp and lower it into place...

[V n prep/adv] He heaved Barney to his feet...

[V n prep/adv] He heaved himself up off his stool.

N-COUNT
Heave is also a noun.

It took only one heave to hurl him into the river.

2) VERB If something heaves, it moves up and down with large regular movements.

His chest heaved, and he took a deep breath.

[V-ing] ...the grey, heaving seas.

3) VERB If you heave, or if your stomach heaves, you vomit or feel sick.

He gasped and heaved and vomited again...

My stomach heaved and I felt sick.

4) VERB If you heave a sigh, you give a big sigh.

[V n] Mr Collier heaved a sigh and got to his feet.

5) PHRASE: V inflects When something heaves into view or heaves into sight, it appears. [WRITTEN]

The train that now hove into view was clearly of a much older vintage.

6) to heave a sigh of reliefsee sigh
Phrasal Verbs:

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  • Heave — (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Heave — (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [1913 Webster] The heaving sods… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heave to — {v.} To bring a ship to a stop; bring a sailing ship to a standstill by setting the sails in a certain way. * / Heave to! the captain shouted to his crew./ * /We fired a warning shot across the front of the pirate ship to make her heave to./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • heave to — {v.} To bring a ship to a stop; bring a sailing ship to a standstill by setting the sails in a certain way. * / Heave to! the captain shouted to his crew./ * /We fired a warning shot across the front of the pirate ship to make her heave to./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • heave — heave; heave·less; up·heave; up·heave·ment; …   English syllables

  • heave — ► VERB (past and past part. heaved or chiefly Nautical hove) 1) lift or haul with great effort. 2) produce (a sigh) noisily. 3) informal throw (something heavy). 4) rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically. 5) …   English terms dictionary

  • heave-ho — ☆ heave ho [hēv′hō′] n. [see the phrase HEAVE HO! in HEAVE ] Informal dismissal, as from a position: chiefly in the phrase give (or get) the (old) heave ho …   English World dictionary

  • Heave — Heave, n. 1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one s self, or to move something heavy. [1913 Webster] After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heave — [hēv] vt. HEAVED or (esp. Naut.) hove, heaving, heaved [ME heven < OE hebban, akin to Ger heben (Goth hafjan) < IE base * kap , to seize, grasp > HAVE, L capere] 1. to raise or lift, esp. with effort 2. a) to lift in this …   English World dictionary

  • heave-ho — interjection, n 1.) old fashioned used as an encouragement to a person or group of people who are pulling something, especially on ships 2.) give someone the (old) heave ho informal to end a relationship with someone, or to make someone leave… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • heave-ho — noun give someone the heave ho INFORMAL 1. ) to end a relationship with someone 2. ) to tell someone they have to leave their job …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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