heave

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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 move into a certain position or situation

4) to utter laboriously or painfully:

to heave a sigh[/ex]

5) to cause to rise and fall with a swelling motion:

to heave one's chest[/ex]

6) phl to vomit; throw up

7) naut. navig. to haul or pull on (a rope, cable, line, etc.)

8) to rise and fall in rhythmically alternate movements:

The ship heaved and rolled[/ex]

9) phl to breathe with effort; pant

10) phl to vomit; retch

11) to rise as if thrust up, as a hill; swell or bulge

12) to pull or haul on a rope, cable, etc

13) naut. navig. Naut.

naut. navig. to move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation:

The ship hove into sight[/ex]

14) naut. navig. phv heave to

a) naut. navig. to stop the headway of (a vessel), esp. by bringing the head to the wind and trimming the sails

b) to come to a halt

15) an act or effort of heaving

16) a throw, toss, or cast

17) gel the horizontal component of the apparent displacement resulting from a geologic fault, measured in a vertical plane perpendicular to the strike

18) navig. the rise and fall of the waves or swell of a sea

19) vet heaves, (used with a sing. v.)

Also called broken wind a disease of horses characterized by difficult breathing.

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- heave ho!

Etymology: bef. 900; ME heven, var. (with -v- from pt. and ptp.) of hebben, OE hebban, c. OS hebbian, OHG heffen, ON hefja, Go hafjan heav′er, n.