heave meaning
heave meaning When you heave something, you haul or lift a heavy object. You might not realize how fat your cat has become until you have to heave him out of the way to make room for yourself on the sofa.
You heave a heavy object when you lift it, like when you heave piles of wet snow out of your driveway with a shovel, and you can heave yourself out of bed in the morning, if it takes a huge effort to get yourself into a vertical position. You can even heave a heavy sigh, which simply means you sigh loudly. To vomit is also sometimes described as heaving, describing the unpleasant effort of your stomach muscles.
lift or elevate
synonyms:
heave up, heft, heft uptypes:- upheavelift forcefully from beneath
- weigh anchor, weigh the anchorheave up an anchor in preparation for sailing
type of:
- lifttake hold of something and move it to a different location
- upheave
move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
“The vessel
hove into sight”type of:- movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- move
rise and move, as in waves or billows
bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
synonyms:
buckle, warptypes:- liftrise upward, as from pressure or moisture
type of:
- change surfaceundergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
- lift
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
the act of lifting something with great effort
the act of raising something
(geology) a horizontal dislocation
throw with great effort
type of:- throwpropel through the air
- throw
throwing something heavy (with great effort)
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
utter a sound, as with obvious effort