heave

H0114800 (hēv)v. heaved, heav·ing, heaves v.tr.1. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See Synonyms at lift.2. a. To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl: heave the shot; heaved a brick through the window.b. To throw or toss: heaved his backpack into the corner.3. To give out or utter with effort or pain: heaved a sigh; heaved a groan.4. To vomit (something).5. past tense and past participle hove (hōv) Nautical a. To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable: hove the anchor up and set sail.b. To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling: hove the ship astern.6. To make rise or swell: the wind heaving huge waves; an exhausted dog heaving its chest.7. Geology To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).v.intr.1. To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge: The sidewalk froze and heaved.2. To rise and fall in turn, as waves.3. To gag or vomit.4. To pant; gasp: heave for air.5. past tense and past participle hove Nautical a. To move in a certain direction or to a specified position: The frigate hove alongside.b. To pull at or haul a rope or cable: The brig is heaving around on the anchor.c. To push at a capstan bar or lever.n.1. The act or effort of raising or lifting something: with a great heave hauled the fish onto the deck.2. An act of hurling; a throw, especially when considered in terms of distance: a heave of 63 feet.3. Geology a. A horizontal dislocation, as of a rock stratum, at a fault.b. An upward movement of a surface, especially when caused by swelling and expansion of clay, removal of overburden, or freezing of subsurface water.4. An upward movement, especially of a ship or aircraft.5. The act or an instance of gagging or vomiting.6. heaves(used with a sing. or pl. verb) See recurrent airway obstruction.Phrasal Verb: heave to Nautical 1. To turn a sailing ship so that its bow heads into the wind and the ship lies motionless except for drifting, as to meet a storm: The brig hove to.2. To turn an engine-powered vessel in a similar situation so that its bow heads into the seas while proceeding at low speed.Idiom: heave into sight/view To rise or seem to rise over the horizon into view, as a ship.

[Middle English heven, from Old English hebban; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

heav′er n.

heave

(hiːv) vb, heaves, heaving or heaved, hove1. (tr) to lift or move with a great effort2. (tr) to throw (something heavy) with effort3. to utter (sounds, sighs, etc) or breathe noisily or unhappily: to heave a sigh. 4. to rise and fall or cause to rise and fall heavily5. (Nautical Terms) (past tense and past participle hove) nautical a. to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position: to heave in sight. b. (intr) (of a vessel) to pitch or roll6. (Geological Science) (tr) to displace (rock strata, mineral veins, etc) in a horizontal direction7. (Medicine) (intr) to retchn8. the act or an instance of heaving9. a fling10. (Geological Science) the horizontal displacement of rock strata at a fault[Old English hebban; related to Old Norse hefja, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German heffen to raise, Latin capere to take, Sanskrit kapatī two hands full] ˈheaver n

heave

(hiv)

v. heaved (esp. Naut.) hove; heav•ing; v.t. 1. to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax. 2. to throw, esp. to lift and throw with effort or force: to heave a stone through a window. 3. Naut. to move into a certain position or situation. 4. to utter laboriously or painfully: to heave a sigh. 5. to cause to rise and fall with a swelling motion: to heave one's chest. 6. to vomit; throw up. 7. to haul or pull on (a rope, cable, line, etc.). v.i. 8. to rise and fall in rhythmically alternate movements: The ship heaved and rolled. 9. to breathe with effort; pant. 10. to vomit; retch. 11. to rise as if thrust up, as a hill; swell or bulge. 12. to pull or haul on a rope, cable, etc. 13. Naut. to move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation: The ship hove into sight. 14. heave to, a. to stop the headway of (a vessel), esp. by bringing the head to the wind and trimming the sails. b. to come to a halt. n. 15. an act or effort of heaving. 16. a throw, toss, or cast. 17. the horizontal component of the apparent displacement resulting from a geologic fault, measured in a vertical plane perpendicular to the strike. 18. the rise and fall of the waves or swell of a sea. 19. heaves, (used with a sing. v.) Also called broken wind. a disease of horses characterized by difficult breathing. Idioms: heave ho! (an exclamation used by sailors, as when heaving the anchor up.) [before 900; Middle English heven, variant (with -v- from preterit and past participle) of hebben, Old English hebban, c. Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German heffen, Old Norse hefja, Gothic hafjan] heav′er, n.

heave

Past participle: heaved/hove
Gerund: heaving

Imperative
heave
heave

Present
I heave
you heave
he/she/it heaves
we heave
you heave
they heave

Preterite
I heaved
you heaved
he/she/it heaved
we heaved
you heaved
they heaved

Present Continuous
I am heaving
you are heaving
he/she/it is heaving
we are heaving
you are heaving
they are heaving

Present Perfect
I have heaved/hove
you have heaved/hove
he/she/it has heaved/hove
we have heaved/hove
you have heaved/hove
they have heaved/hove

Past Continuous
I was heaving
you were heaving
he/she/it was heaving
we were heaving
you were heaving
they were heaving

Past Perfect
I had heaved/hove
you had heaved/hove
he/she/it had heaved/hove
we had heaved/hove
you had heaved/hove
they had heaved/hove

Future
I will heave
you will heave
he/she/it will heave
we will heave
you will heave
they will heave

Future Perfect
I will have heaved/hove
you will have heaved/hove
he/she/it will have heaved/hove
we will have heaved/hove
you will have heaved/hove
they will have heaved/hove

Future Continuous
I will be heaving
you will be heaving
he/she/it will be heaving
we will be heaving
you will be heaving
they will be heaving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been heaving
you have been heaving
he/she/it has been heaving
we have been heaving
you have been heaving
they have been heaving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been heaving
you will have been heaving
he/she/it will have been heaving
we will have been heaving
you will have been heaving
they will have been heaving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been heaving
you had been heaving
he/she/it had been heaving
we had been heaving
you had been heaving
they had been heaving

Conditional
I would heave
you would heave
he/she/it would heave
we would heave
you would heave
they would heave

Past Conditional
I would have heaved/hove
you would have heaved/hove
he/she/it would have heaved/hove
we would have heaved/hove
you would have heaved/hove
they would have heaved/hove

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	heave - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"heavingrising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
	2.	heave - (geology) a horizontal dislocationgeology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocksmotion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	3.	heave - the act of lifting something with great effortheavingascending, rise, ascent, ascension - the act of changing location in an upward direction
	4.	heave - an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"retchspasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
	5.	heave - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"raise, liftactuation, propulsion - the act of propelling
	6.	heave - throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"heavingthrow - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
Verb	1.	heave - utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	2.	heave - throw with great effortthrow - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	3.	heave - rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"surge, billowinflate, blow up - fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
	4.	heave - lift or elevateheave up, heft, heft upupheave - lift forcefully from beneathweigh anchor, weigh the anchor - heave up an anchor in preparation for sailinglift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
	5.	heave - move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	6.	heave - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"gasp, pant, puffblow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
	7.	heave - bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"warp, bucklechange surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surfacelift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
	8.	heave - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomitretch, gag

heave

verb1. lift, raise, pull (up), drag (up), haul (up), tug, lever, hoist, heft (informal) He heaved Barney to his feet.2. throw, fling, toss, send, cast, pitch, hurl, sling Heave a brick at the telly.3. expand, rise, swell, pant, throb, exhale, dilate, palpitate His chest heaved, and he took a deep breath.4. surge, rise, swell, billow The grey seas heaved.5. vomit, be sick, throw up (informal), chuck (up) (slang, chiefly U.S.), chuck (Austral. & N.Z. informal), gag, spew, retch, barf (U.S. slang), chunder (slang, chiefly Austral.), upchuck (U.S. slang), do a technicolour yawn (slang), toss your cookies (U.S. slang) He gasped and heaved and vomited.6. breathe, sigh, puff, groan, sob, breathe heavily, suspire (archaic), utter wearily Mr Collier heaved a sigh and got to his feet.

heave

verb1. To move (something) to a higher position:boost, elevate, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear.2. To move vigorously from side to side or up and down:pitch, rock, roll, toss.3. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:cast, dart, dash, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw, toss.Informal: fire.4. To utter in a breathless manner:gasp, pant.5. To eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth:throw up, vomit.Slang: puke.noun1. An instance of lifting or being lifted:boost, hoist, lift.2. An act of throwing:cast, fling, hurl, launch, pitch, shy, sling, throw, toss.

Translations

举扔掷抛用力地举起起伏

heave

(hiːv) verb1. to (try to) lift or to pull, with great effort. They heaved with all their strength, but could not move the rock; They heaved the wardrobe up into the lorry. （用力地）举起 2. to throw (something heavy). Someone heaved a stone through my window.扔掷3. to rise, or rise and fall again several times. The earthquake made the ground heave.鼓起 noun the act of heaving. He gave one heave and the rock moved; the heave of the waves. 举，抛，起伏 heave a sigh to sigh. He heaved a sigh of relief when he reached safety.发出叹息heave to (houv) – past tense, past participle hove – (of a ship) to (cause to) stop while at sea. The ship hove to. 顶风停船，（船）停航

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heave into view

To move or rise into sight, especially from a distance. We'd been walking for hours in the barren desert when a small town finally heaved into view.See also: heave, view

heave a sigh of relief

To experience an intense feeling of happiness or relief because something particularly stressful, unpleasant, or undesirable has been avoided or completed. Everyone in class heaved a sigh of relief after that horrible midterm exam was over. Investors in Europe are heaving a big sigh of relief now that a Greek exit from the Euro has been avoided.See also: heave, of, relief, sigh

give (one) the heave-ho

To dismiss or reject one. "Heave-ho" refers to the literal lifting and tossing of an object; in this sense, it is used metaphorically. I can't believe the boss gave me the heave-ho after five years on the job! A: "Did you hear that Liz broke up with Dan?" B: "Wow, I never expected her to give him the heave-ho!"See also: give

give (one) the old heave-ho

To dismiss or reject one. "Heave-ho" refers to the literal lifting and tossing of an object; in this sense, it is used metaphorically. I can't believe the boss gave me the old heave-ho after five years on the job! A: "Did you hear that Liz broke up with Dan?" B: "Wow, I never expected her to give him the old heave-ho!"See also: give, old

heave ho

1. A sailor's cry to pull hard on a rope. We need to raise anchor, heave ho!2. An abrupt dismissal or termination, often used in the phrase, "give (one) the (old) heave ho." I can't believe the boss gave me the old heave ho after five years on the job! A: "Did you hear that Liz broke up with Dan?" B: "Wow, I never expected her to give him the heave ho."3. The disposal of something unimportant or unwanted. Give that printer the old heave ho, it doesn't work anymore. Ugh, this cereal is stale now—I'm giving it the heave ho!See also: heave, ho

heave into sight

To move or rise into view, especially from a distance. We'd been walking for hours in the barren desert when finally a small town heaved into sight.See also: heave, sight

heave to

To turn a ship into the wind so as to stop forward motion. In this usage, the past tense of "heave" is "hove." We need to heave to with those nasty storm clouds on the horizon!See also: heave

heave up

1. To pick something up, usually when doing so is difficult or taxing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "heave" and "up." Can you guys heave up this big box for me?2. To vomit. A noun or pronoun can be used between "heave" and "up." I've been so sick that I feel like I've heaved up everything I've ever eaten.See also: heave, up

the (old) heave-ho

A dismissal or rejection of a person, especially from a place of employment. I can't believe the boss gave me the old heave-ho after five years on the job! A: "Did you hear that Liz broke up with Dan?" B: "Wow, I knew there's be fallout over his infidelity, but I never expected her to give him the heave-ho!"

heave (something) at (someone or something)

To throw something, often something heavy, in the direction of someone or something else. Stu was so angry that he heaved a pan at his sous-chef. I heaved an encyclopedia at the cluster of crickets so they would get out of my way.See also: heave

heave in(to) sight

Fig. to move into sight in the distance. As the fog cleared, a huge ship heaved into sight. After many days of sailing, land finally heaved in sight.See also: heave, sight

heave something at someone or something

to throw something at someone or something. Fred heaved a huge snowball at Roger. The thug heaved the rock at the window and broke it to pieces.See also: heave

heave something up

1. Lit. to lift something up. With a lot of effort, they heaved the heavy lid up. The workers heaved up the huge boulder. 2. Fig. to vomit something up. The dog heaved most of the cake up on the kitchen floor. It heaved up the cake it had eaten.See also: heave, up

heave to

to stop a sailing ship by facing it directly into the wind. The captain gave the order to heave to. The ship hove to and everyone had a swim.See also: heave

*old heave-ho

the act of throwing someone out; the act of firing someone. (From nautical use, where sailors used heave-ho to coordinate hard physical labor. One sailor called "Heave-ho," and all the sailors would pull at the same time on the ho. *Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) I wanted to complain to the management, but they called a security guard and I got the old heave-ho. That's right. They threw me out! They fired a number of people today, but I didn't get the heave-ho.See also: old

get the ax

Also, get the boot or bounce or can or heave-ho or hook or sack . Be discharged or fired, expelled, or rejected. For example, He got the ax at the end of the first week, or The manager was stunned when he got the boot himself, or We got the bounce in the first quarter, or The pitcher got the hook after one inning, or Bill finally gave his brother-in-law the sack. All but the last of these slangy expressions date from the 1870s and 1880s. They all have variations using give that mean "to fire or expel someone," as in Are they giving Ruth the ax?Get the ax alludes to the executioner's ax, and get the boot to literally booting or kicking someone out. Get the bounce alludes to being bounced out; get the can comes from the verb can, "to dismiss," perhaps alluding to being sealed in a container; get the heave-ho alludes to heave in the sense of lifting someone bodily, and get the hook is an allusion to a fishing hook. Get the sack, first recorded in 1825, probably came from French though it existed in Middle Dutch. The reference here is to a workman's sac ("bag") in which he carried his tools and which was given back to him when he was fired. Also see give someone the air. See also: ax, get

give someone the air

Also, give someone the brush off or the gate or the old heave-ho . Break off relations with someone, oust someone, snub or jilt someone, especially a lover. For example, John was really upset when Mary gave him the air, or His old friends gave him the brush off, or Mary cried and cried when he gave her the gate, or The company gave him the old heave-ho after only a month. In the first expression, which dates from about 1920, giving air presumably alludes to being blown out. The second, from the first half of the 1900s, alludes to brushing away dust or lint. The third, from about 1900, uses gate in the sense of "an exit." The fourth alludes to the act of heaving a person out, and is sometimes used to mean "to fire someone from a job" (see get the ax). All these are colloquialisms, and all have variations using get, get the air (etc.), meaning "to be snubbed or told to leave," as in After he got the brush off, he didn't know what to do. See also: air, give, someone

heave-ho, give the

see under get the ax; give someone the air. See also: give

heave into sight

Rise or seem to rise into view. For example, We waited and waited, and finally the rest of our party heaved into sight. This expression was at first used for ships rising over the horizon. [Late 1700s] See also: heave, sight

give something/someone the heave-ho

give something/someone the old heave-ho

INFORMALIf you give something or someone the heave-ho or the old heave-ho, you get rid of them. The band members decided to give their drummer the heave-ho. Harry gave his girlfriend the old heave-ho and moved in with the Texan. Note: You can also say that someone or something gets the heave-ho or gets the old heave-ho. There was a 40 per cent drop in film production, with a lot of high profile projects getting the heave-ho.See also: give, someone, something

heave in sight (or into view)

come into view. informal Heave meaning ‘rise up, as on the swell of a wave’ occurs in several nautical expressions; here the allusion is to the way that objects appear to rise up over the horizon at sea. The past form of heave in this sense is hove , but because most English-speakers are completely unfamiliar with the verb in its literal usage, hove is often used as a present form (and a new past form, hoved , is created from it).See also: heave, sight

give (or get) the heave-ho

expel (or be expelled) from an institution, association, or contest. informalSee also: give

give somebody the (old) heave-ˈho

(informal) dismiss somebody from their job; end a relationship with somebody: ‘Are Julie and Mike still together?’ ‘Oh no, she gave him the old heave-ho a couple of months ago.’ Heave-ho was originally the cry of sailors when pulling up the anchor.See also: give, somebody

heave to

v. To steer a sailing ship directly into the wind so that it stops sailing, especially in order to face a storm or to make repairs: We hove to so that we could change the torn sail.See also: heave

heave up

v.1. To raise or lift something up, especially with great effort or force: The campers heaved up the flag. The tow truck heaved our car up.2. To vomit: I heaved up my dinner. The turbulent waves caused the people on the ship to heave their lunch up.See also: heave, up

get the ax

verbSee get the sackSee also: ax, get

heave

(hiv) in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. He heaved and heaved and sounded like he was dying.

old heave-ho

(ˈold ˈhivˈho) n. a dismissal; a physical removal of someone from a place. I thought my job was secure, but today I got the old heave-ho. See also: old

heave into

sight/view To rise or seem to rise over the horizon into view, as a ship.See also: heave

sigh of relief, (heave) a

Whew; an expulsion of breath indicating that one is out of a tight spot. Sighing with longing, pain, grief, and numerous similar emotions is common in the English language—especially in poetry—from the earliest days. The word “sigh” comes from Middle English and Old English words meaning exactly the same thing (to expel breath). Heaving a sigh to express intense emotion, especially amatory longing or grief, was current from about 1700 on. See also: of, sigh

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give (one) the heave-ho

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heave (something) at (someone or something)

heave in(to) sight

heave something at someone or something

heave something up

heave to

*old heave-ho

get the ax

give someone the air

heave-ho, give the

heave into sight

give something/someone the heave-ho

give something/someone the old heave-ho

heave in sight (or into view)

give (or get) the heave-ho

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old heave-ho

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verb lift

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verb throw

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verb expand

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verb surge

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verb vomit

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verb breathe

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verb to move (something) to a higher position

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verb to move vigorously from side to side or up and down

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verb to send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm

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verb to utter in a breathless manner

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verb to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

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noun an instance of lifting or being lifted

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noun an act of throwing

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noun an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

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noun (geology) a horizontal dislocation