heave

To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).transitive

• We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.
• He hove himself out of the bed.

To throw, cast.transitive

• They hove rocks into the pond.
• The cap'n hove the body overboard.

To rise and fall.intransitive

• Her chest heaved with emotion.

To utter with effort.transitive

• She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

To pull up with a rope or cable.transitive

• Heave up the anchor there, boys!

To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.archaictransitive

• Here a little child I stand, / Heaving up my either hand; […]

To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.intransitive

• 17 June, 1857, Edward Everett, The Statue of Warren the heaving sods of Bunker Hill

To displace (a vein, stratum).transitive

To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.archaictransitive

• The wind heaved the waves.

To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.ambitransitive

• to heave the ship ahead

An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.countable

• We gave one more heave and the wall toppled over at last.

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, etc.countableuncountable

• and now the bed shook, the curtains rattled so, that I could scarce hear the sighs and murmurs, the heaves and pantings that accompanied the action, from the beginning to the end
• The slab and piles will work together to resist 'ground heave' (the upward movement of the ground as it tries to push up into the box).

A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.countableuncountable

The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time.countableuncountable

An effort to vomit; retching.countableuncountable

Broken wind in horses.attributivecountablerare

• The dust would have to be watched out for with a heave horse, and most alfalfa hay...
• The late stage is recognized by horse people as the true "heave" horse and at this stage most of the airways are partially or completely obstructed.

A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectorycountableuncountable

• That left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune.