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To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.

To wait, linger.

To move on or by.

To remain; delay.

To raise; lift; hold up.

To rise.

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.