heave
31heave — [[t]hiv[/t]] v. heaved (esp. Naut.)hove; heav•ing; 1) to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax[/ex] 2) to throw, esp. to lift and throw with effort or force: to heave a stone through a window[/ex] 3) Naut. naut. navig. to …
32heave — [c]/hiv / (say heev) verb (heaved or, Chiefly Nautical, hove, heaving) –verb (t) 1. to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist. 2. to lift and throw, often with effort or force: to heave an anchor overboard. 3. Nautical a. to haul, draw, or… …
33heave — Synonyms and related words: a leg up, aye, barf, be nauseated, be poised, be seasick, be sick, billow, blow, board, boom, boost, bore, bowl, break, breakers, breathe, bring up, bung, buoy up, cascade, cast, cast at, cast loose, cast up, catapult …
34heave — {{11}}heave (n.) 1570s, from HEAVE (Cf. heave) (v.). {{12}}heave (v.) O.E. hebban to lift, raise; lift up, exalt (class VI strong verb; past tense hof, pp. hafen), from P.Gmc. *hafjan (Cf. O.N. hefja, Du. heffen, Ger. heben, Goth. hafjan to lift …
35heave — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, mighty VERB + HEAVE ▪ give (sth) ▪ She gave a great heave and the box inched forward. {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Heave …
36heave — [OE] Heave is part of a major family of English words that can trace their ancestry back to Indo European *kap ‘seize’. One of its Latin descendants was the verb capere ‘take’, which has given English capable, capacious, capstan, caption,… …
37heave-ho — /ˈhiv hoʊ/ (say heev hoh), /hiv ˈhoʊ/ (say heev hoh) phrase the (old) heave ho, 1. dismissal; rejection: *She had been his friend s girl for three years, and married Ambrose when he gave her the heave ho. –david ireland, 1971. 2. the sack: the… …
38heave — [OE] Heave is part of a major family of English words that can trace their ancestry back to Indo European *kap ‘seize’. One of its Latin descendants was the verb capere ‘take’, which has given English capable, capacious, capstan, caption,… …
39heave up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms heave up : present tense I/you/we/they heave up he/she/it heaves up present participle heaving up past tense heaved up past participle heaved up informal same as heave I, 3) I could hear someone heaving up… …
40heave — v. & n. v. (past and past part. heaved or esp. Naut. hove) 1 tr. lift or haul (a heavy thing) with great effort. 2 tr. utter with effort or resignation (heaved a sigh). 3 tr. colloq. throw. 4 intr. rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically. 5… …
