| Heave (heave) |
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| v. t. | (h&emacr]v) |
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| Heave |
| [imp. Heaved (h***emacr]vd |
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.
To throw; to cast; -- obsolete,
provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to
heave the lead; to heave the log.
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.
To raise or force from the breast; to
utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
To cause to swell or rise, as the breast
or bosom.
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| Heave (heave) |
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| v. i. | (h***emacr]v) |
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| Heave |
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To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as
a tower or mound.
To rise and fall with alternate motions,
as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on
the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to
dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to
struggle.
To make an effort to raise, throw, or move
anything; to strain to do something difficult.
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.
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.
A horizontal dislocation in
a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another
lode.
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