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Definition of Heave
Pronunciation: hēv | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To throw; to cast; - obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. | | 5. | To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.| To heave the log | | (Naut.) See Log. |
| | v. i. | 1. | To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult. | | 4. | To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit. | | n. | 1. | An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | (Geol.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. |
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