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Heave

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
"We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.; He hove himself out of the bed."
2.VerbTo throw, cast.
"They hove rocks into the pond.; The cap'n hove the body overboard."
3.VerbTo rise and fall.
"Her chest heaved with emotion."
4.VerbTo utter with effort.
"She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window."
5.VerbTo pull up with a rope or cable.
"Heave up the anchor there, boys!"
6.VerbTo lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
7.VerbTo be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
8.VerbTo displace (a vein, stratum).
9.VerbTo cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
"The wind heaved the waves."
10.VerbTo move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
"to heave the ship ahead"
11.VerbTo retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
"The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave."
12.VerbTo make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
13.VerbTo rob; to steal from; to plunder.
14.NounAn effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
"We gave one more heave and the wall toppled over at last."
15.NounAn upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.
16.NounA horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
17.NounThe measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time.
18.NounAn effort to vomit; retching.
19.NounBroken wind in horses.
20.NounA forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
21.Noun↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kap”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
22.Noun↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “kap”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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