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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 to vb (Nautical Terms) (adverb) to stop (a vessel) or (of a vessel) to stop, as by trimming the sails, etc. Also: lay to Translationsheave (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. (試圖)用力舉起或拖拉 （用力地）举起 2. to throw (something heavy). Someone heaved a stone through my window. 扔擲(重物) 扔掷3. to rise, or rise and fall again several times. The earthquake made the ground heave. 隆起，不斷起伏 鼓起 noun the act of heaving. He gave one heave and the rock moved; the heave of the waves. 舉，拉，扔 举，抛，起伏 heave a sigh to sigh. He heaved a sigh of relief when he reached safety. 發出嘆息聲 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. (使船)在海上停泊 顶风停船，（船）停航 heave to
heave toTo 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: heaveheave toto 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: heaveheave tov. 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: heaveheave to
heave to[¦hēv ′tü] (navigation) To bring a ship into such a position that there is no headway. MedicalSeeheave |