English Dictionary

heave

/hiːv/

verb

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). / (transitive) To throw, cast. / (intransitive) To rise and fall. / (transitive) To utter with effort.

She heaved the heavy box onto the shelf.

意味（1）

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.

意味（2）

(transitive) To throw, cast.

They heaved rocks into the pond.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To rise and fall.

Her chest heaved with emotion.

意味（4）

(transitive) To utter with effort.

She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

意味（5）

(transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.

Heave up the anchor there, boys!

意味（6）

(transitive, archaic) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

Here a little child I stand, / Heaving up my either hand; […]

意味（7）

(intransitive) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

The grovving Tovv'rs like Exhalations riſe, / And the huge Columns heave into the Skies.

意味（8）

(transitive, mining, geology) To displace (a vein, stratum).

意味（9）

(transitive, archaic) To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

The wind heaved the waves.

意味（10）

(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

to heave the ship ahead

意味（11）

(intransitive) To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.

意味（12）

(intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

She [The Church of England] had ſtruggl'd and heav'd at a Reformation; ever ſince Wicliffs dayes, for about a 150 years together: […]

意味（13）

(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

Ben mort (good vvench) ſhal you and I heaue a booth, mill a ken, or nip a bung? ſhall you and I rob a houſe, or cut a purſe?