heave meaning
UK /hiːv/ US /hiv/ 1 syllable
heave (verb): utter a sound, as with obvious effort.
heave has 14 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.
heave as a verb
- utter a sound, as with obvious effort
- She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do
Type of: utter
- throw with great effort
Type of: throw
Related forms: heaving
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- The army surged forward
Type of: inflate
Related forms: heaving
- lift or elevate
Synonyms: heave up, heft, heft up
Type of: lift
Kinds: upheave, weigh anchor
- move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
- The vessel hove into sight
Type of: move
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
Type of: blow
Related forms: heaving
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- The highway buckled during the heat wave
Type of: change surface
Kinds: lift
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
heave as a noun
- an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- the heaving of waves on a rough sea
Synonyms: heaving
Type of: rise
- the act of lifting something with great effort
Synonyms: heaving
Type of: rise
- throwing something heavy (with great effort)
- he gave it a mighty heave
- he was not good at heaving passes
Synonyms: heaving
Type of: throw
- (geology) a horizontal dislocation
Type of: movement
- an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
- a bad case of the heaves
Synonyms: retch
Type of: spasm
- the act of raising something
- he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
- fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
Type of: propulsion
How to pronounce heave
heave is pronounced /hiːv/ in British English and /hiv/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.
Words that rhyme with heave
Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with HE · words ending in VE · 5-letter words
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