HEAVE
\hˈiːv], \hˈiːv], \h_ˈiː_v]\
Definitions of HEAVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"
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nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
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an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
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the act of lifting something with great effort
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(geology) a horizontal dislocation
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an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
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utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
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throw with great effort
By Princeton University
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bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"
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nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
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an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
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the act of lifting something with great effort
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(geology) a horizontal dislocation
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an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
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To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
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To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
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To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
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To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
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An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
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An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.
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A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
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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.
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To throw; to cast; - obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
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To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
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To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
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To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
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To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
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An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
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An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.
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A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
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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.
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To throw; to cast; - obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To hoist or lift up; force from the breast, as a sigh; cause to swell; throw.
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To be lifted up; swell; rise and fall alternately; struggle or toil; pant; vomit.
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An effort or exertion upwards; lift; the act of throwing; swell.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To lift up: to throw: to cause to swell: to force from the breast.
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To be raised: to rise and fall: to try to vomit:-pr.p. heaving; pa.t. and pa.p. heaved' or (naut.) hove.
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An effort upward: a throw: a swelling: an effort to vomit:-pl. a disease of horses characterized by difficult and laborious breathing.
By Daniel Lyons
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A lifting; swelling.
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Heaved or hove.
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To be raised; rise and fall; pull.
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To lift; throw; utter, as a sign.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An effort upward; a rising swell or distention; a throw; an effort to vomit. To heave down, to throw or lay down on one side; to careen. To heare out, to throw out. To heave to, to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. To heave in sight, to appear.
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To lift up; to raise; to cause to swell; to force from the breast; to throw; to hoist.
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To swell, distend, or dilate; to pant; to make an effort to vomit.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To raise or force from the breast, as a sigh; to throw or cast with strong effort; to cause to swell; to pant; to rise with pain; to swell and fall; to have an inclination to vomit.
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A rising or swell; exertion or effort upwards; in mining, the displacement of a vein or bed when thrown upwards by the intersection of another vein or fault.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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