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From:
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heave
/ˈhiv/
舉,拋,起伏,鼓起(vt.)用力舉起,使脹起,使鼓起(vi.)拋出,起伏,喘息,凸起
From:
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heave
/ˈhɪv/
動詞
舉起,鼓起(胸部),隆起,膨脹,漲起,嘔吐
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Heave
v. i.
1.
To
be
thrown
up
or
raised
;
to
rise
upward
,
as
a
tower
or
mound
.
And
the
huge
columns
heave
into
the
sky
.
--
Pope
.
Where
heaves
the
turf
in
many
a
moldering
heap
.
--
Gray
.
The
heaving
sods
of
Bunker
Hill
.
--
E
.
Everett
.
2.
To
rise
and
fall
with
alternate
motions
,
as
the
lungs
in
heavy
breathing
,
as
waves
in
a
heavy
sea
,
as
ships
on
the
billows
,
as
the
earth
when
broken
up
by
frost
,
etc
.;
to
swell
;
to
dilate
;
to
expand
;
to
distend
;
hence
,
to
labor
;
to
struggle
.
Frequent
for
breath
his
panting
bosom
heaves
.
--
Prior
.
The
heaving
plain
of
ocean
.
--
Byron
.
3.
To
make
an
effort
to
raise
,
throw
,
or
move
anything
;
to
strain
to
do
something
difficult
.
The
Church
of
England
had
struggled
and
heaved
at
a
reformation
ever
since
Wyclif's
days
.
--
Atterbury
.
4.
To
make
an
effort
to
vomit
;
to
retch
;
to
vomit
.
To heave at
.
(a)
To
make
an
effort
at
.
(b)
To
attack
,
to
oppose
. [
Obs
.] --
Fuller
.
To heave in sight
(
as
a
ship
at
sea
),
to
come
in
sight
;
to
appear
.
To heave up
,
to
vomit
. [
Low
]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Heave
v. t.
[
imp.
Heaved
or
Hove
p. p.
Heaved
,
Hove
,
formerly
Hoven
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Heaving
.]
1.
To
cause
to
move
upward
or
onward
by
a
lifting
effort
;
to
lift
;
to
raise
;
to
hoist
; --
often
with
up
;
as
,
the
wave
heaved
the
boat
on
land
.
One
heaved
ahigh
,
to
be
hurled
down
below
.
--
Shak
.
Note:
☞
Heave
,
as
now
used
,
implies
that
the
thing
raised
is
heavy
or
hard
to
move
;
but
formerly
it
was
used
in
a
less
restricted
sense
.
Here
a
little
child
I
stand
,
Heaving
up
my
either
hand
. --
Herrick
.
2.
To
throw
;
to
cast
; --
obsolete
,
provincial
,
or
colloquial
,
except
in
certain
nautical
phrases
;
as
,
to
heave
the
lead
;
to
heave
the
log
.
3.
To
force
from
,
or
into
,
any
position
;
to
cause
to
move
;
also
,
to
throw
off
; --
mostly
used
in
certain
nautical
phrases
;
as
,
to
heave
the
ship
ahead
.
4.
To
raise
or
force
from
the
breast
;
to
utter
with
effort
;
as
,
to
heave
a
sigh
.
The
wretched
animal
heaved
forth
such
groans
.
--
Shak
.
5.
To
cause
to
swell
or
rise
,
as
the
breast
or
bosom
.
The
glittering
,
finny
swarms
That
heave
our
friths
,
and
crowd
upon
our
shores
. --
Thomson
.
To heave a cable short
Naut.
,
to
haul
in
cable
till
the
ship
is
almost
perpendicularly
above
the
anchor
.
To heave a ship ahead
Naut.
,
to
warp
her
ahead
when
not
under
sail
,
as
by
means
of
cables
.
To heave a ship down
Naut.
,
to
throw
or
lay
her
down
on
one
side
;
to
careen
her
.
To heave a ship to
Naut.
,
to
bring
the
ship's
head
to
the
wind
,
and
stop
her
motion
.
To heave about
Naut.
,
to
put
about
suddenly
.
To heave in
Naut.
,
to
shorten
(
cable
).
To heave in stays
Naut.
,
to
put
a
vessel
on
the
other
tack
.
To heave out a sail
Naut.
,
to
unfurl
it
.
To heave taut
Naut.
,
to
turn
a
capstan
,
etc
.,
till
the
rope
becomes
strained
.
See
Taut
,
and
Tight
.
To heave the lead
Naut.
,
to
take
soundings
with
lead
and
line
.
To heave the log
.
Naut.
See
Log
.
To heave up anchor
Naut.
,
to
raise
it
from
the
bottom
of
the
sea
or
elsewhere
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Heave
,
n.
1.
An
effort
to
raise
something
,
as
a
weight
,
or
one's
self
,
or
to
move
something
heavy
.
After
many
strains
and
heaves
He
got
up
to
his
saddle
eaves
. --
Hudibras
.
2.
An
upward
motion
;
a
rising
;
a
swell
or
distention
,
as
of
the
breast
in
difficult
breathing
,
of
the
waves
,
of
the
earth
in
an
earthquake
,
and
the
like
.
There's
matter
in
these
sighs
,
these
profound
heaves
,
You
must
translate
. --
Shak
.
None
could
guess
whether
the
next
heave
of
the
earthquake
would
settle
. . .
or
swallow
them
.
--
Dryden
.
3.
Geol.
A
horizontal
dislocation
in
a
metallic
lode
,
taking
place
at
an
intersection
with
another
lode
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
heave
n
1:
an
upward
movement
(
especially
a
rhythmical
rising
and
falling
); "
the
heaving
of
waves
on
a
rough
sea
" [
syn
:
heaving
]
2: (
geology
)
a
horizontal
dislocation
3:
the
act
of
lifting
something
with
great
effort
[
syn
:
heaving
]
4:
an
involuntary
spasm
of
ineffectual
vomiting
; "
a
bad
case
of
the
heaves
" [
syn
:
retch
]
5:
the
act
of
raising
something
; "
he
responded
with
a
lift
of
his
eyebrow
"; "
fireman
learn
several
different
raises
for
getting
ladders
up
" [
syn
:
lift
,
raise
]
6:
throwing
something
heavy
(
with
great
effort
); "
he
gave
it
a
mighty
heave
"; "
he
was
not
good
at
heaving
passes
" [
syn
:
heaving
]
v
1:
utter
a
sound
,
as
with
obvious
effort
; "
She
heaved
a
deep
sigh
when
she
saw
the
list
of
things
to
do
"
2:
throw
with
great
effort
3:
rise
and
move
,
as
in
waves
or
billows
; "
The
army
surged
forward
" [
syn
:
billow
,
surge
]
4:
lift
or
elevate
[
syn
:
heave up
,
heft
,
heft up
]
5:
nautical
:
to
move
or
cause
to
move
in
a
specified
way
,
direction
,
or
position
; "
The
vessel
hove
into
sight
"
6:
breathe
noisily
,
as
when
one
is
exhausted
; "
The
runners
reached
the
finish
line
,
panting
heavily
" [
syn
:
pant
,
puff
,
gasp
]
7:
bend
out
of
shape
,
as
under
pressure
or
from
heat
; "
The
highway
buckled
during
the
heatwave
" [
syn
:
buckle
,
warp
]
8:
make
an
unsuccessful
effort
to
vomit
;
strain
to
vomit
[
syn
:
gag
,
retch
]
[
also
:
hove
]
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