heave
41heave-ho — noun Etymology: from heave ho!, interjection used when heaving on a rope Date: 1947 dismissal < gave him the old heave ho > …
42heave — I. verb (heaved or hove; heaving) Etymology: Middle English heven, from Old English hebban; akin to Old High German hevan to lift, Latin capere to take Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. obsolete elevate …
43heave-ho — /heev hoh /, n. Informal. an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave ho. [n. use of phrase heave ho, ME havehou, hevelow] * * * …
44heave-ho — n. (colloq.) ejection to give smb. the (old) heave ho * * * [ˌhiːv həʊ] (colloq.) [ ejection ] to give smb. the (old) heave ho …
45heave\ 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 …
46heave — [hi:v] verb (past and past participle heaved or chiefly Nautical hove) 1》 lift or haul (a heavy thing) with great effort. ↘informal throw (something heavy). 2》 produce (a sigh). 3》 rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically. 4》 make an… …
47heave to — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms heave to : present tense I/you/we/they heave to he/she/it heaves to present participle heaving to past tense heaved to past participle heaved to mainly literary if a ship heaves to, it stops moving. The past …
48heave — [hiːv] verb I 1) [I/T] to push, pull, throw, or lift an object using a lot of effort Paul heaved the last box into the truck.[/ex] 2) [I] to move up and down with large regular movements Her chest heaved as she struggled to control her… …
49heave — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …
50heave-ho — n An ejection, throwing out physically. Frothingschloss became so rambunctious in the bar that they gave him the old heave ho. 1940s …
