heave
/hiːv//hiːv/noun
Definitions
An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, 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, etc.
A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
verb
Definitions
To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
Example: We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.
To throw, cast.
Example: The cap'n hove the body overboard.
To rise and fall.
Example: Her chest heaved with emotion.
To utter with effort.
Example: She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.