HEAVE (hove)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heave mean? 

• HEAVE (noun)
  The noun HEAVE has 6 senses:

1. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

2. (geology) a horizontal dislocation

3. the act of lifting something with great effort

4. an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

5. the act of raising something

6. throwing something heavy (with great effort)

  Familiarity information: HEAVE used as a noun is common.

• HEAVE (verb)
  The verb HEAVE has 8 senses:

1. utter a sound, as with obvious effort

2. throw with great effort

3. rise and move, as in waves or billows

4. lift or elevate

5. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position

6. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

7. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

8. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

  Familiarity information: HEAVE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

heave; heaving

Context example:

the heaving of waves on a rough sea

Hypernyms ("heave" is a kind of...):

ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)

Derivation:

heave (rise and move, as in waves or billows)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(geology) a horizontal dislocation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("heave" is a kind of...):

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Derivation:

heave (bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of lifting something with great effort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

heave; heaving

Hypernyms ("heave" is a kind of...):

ascending; ascension; ascent; rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

Derivation:

heave (lift or elevate)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

heave; retch

Context example:

a bad case of the heaves

Hypernyms ("heave" is a kind of...):

spasm ((pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel))

Derivation:

heave (make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of raising something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

heave; lift; raise

Context example:

fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

Hypernyms ("heave" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Derivation:

heave (lift or elevate)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Throwing something heavy (with great effort)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

heave; heaving

Context example:

he was not good at heaving passes

Hypernyms ("heave" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Derivation:

heave (throw with great effort)

• HEAVE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter a sound, as with obvious effort

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do

Hypernyms (to "heave" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw with great effort

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "heave" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

heave; heaving (throwing something heavy (with great effort))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Rise and move, as in waves or billows

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

billow; heave; surge

Context example:

The army surged forward

Hypernyms (to "heave" is one way to...):

blow up; inflate (fill with gas or air)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

heave; heaving (an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lift or elevate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

heave; heave up; heft; heft up

Hypernyms (to "heave" is one way to...):

lift (take hold of something and move it to a different location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heave"):

upheave (lift forcefully from beneath)

weigh anchor; weigh the anchor (heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

heave (the act of raising something)

heave (the act of lifting something with great effort)

heaver (a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard))

heaving (the act of lifting something with great effort)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The vessel hove into sight

Hypernyms (to "heave" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

gasp; heave; pant; puff

Context example:

The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily

Hypernyms (to "heave" is one way to...):

blow (exhale hard)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

heaving (breathing heavily (as after exertion))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

buckle; heave; warp

Context example:

The highway buckled during the heat wave

Hypernyms (to "heave" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heave"):

lift (rise upward, as from pressure or moisture)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

heave ((geology) a horizontal dislocation)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

gag; heave; retch

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

heave (an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting)

 Context examples 

Wolf Larsen motioned for me to come down, and when I stood beside him at the wheel gave me instructions for heaving to.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Cap'n, said he at length with that same uncomfortable smile, here's my old shipmate, O'Brien; s'pose you was to heave him overboard.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Gradually her eyes closed, and she sat, stock still; only by the gentle heaving of her bosom could one know that she was alive.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Oh, then it is you, doctor,” said the voice, with a great heave of relief.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So he bolted his breakfast, a sickly, sloppy affair, as rapidly as they, and heaved a sigh of relief when he passed out through the kitchen door.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The man sat for a minute or more with a heaving chest, fighting against his emotion.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He leaned well over its neck as he rode, and made a heaving with his shoulders at every bound as though he were lifting the steed instead of it carrying him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"More cruel than ever. Don't you see how I'm pining away?" and Laurie gave his broad chest a sounding slap and heaved a melodramatic sigh.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Using the sled-lashing for a heaving rope, and with the aid of the dogs, he hoisted the coffin to the top of the scaffold.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then, with a frightful heave they shot the poor wretch over the precipice.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)