1. lift, raise
heaved the trunk onto the table
2. throw, cast
heaved her books on the floor
3. to utter with obvious effort or with a deep breath
heave a sigh of relief
4. to cause to swell or rise
a spent horse gasping and heaving his chest Frost had heaved the sidewalk.
5. to displace (something, such as a rock stratum or a mineral vein) especially by a fault
6. to draw, pull, or haul on (something, such as a rope)
heave a line
7. elevate
8. to rise and fall rhythmically
The boat heaved up and down on the waves.
9. pant
runners heaving at the finish line
10. pull, push
heaving on a rope
11. to move a ship in a specified direction or manner
12. to move in an indicated way
the ship hove into view
13. to rise or become thrown or raised up
Roads had begun to heave with frost.
14. retch, vomit
nearly heaved at the gruesome sight
15. to strain or labor to do something difficult struggle
16. to halt the headway of a ship (as by positioning a sailboat with the jib aback and the rudder turned sharply to windward)
17. an effort to pull or raise something
with each heave of the rope
18. an act or instance of throwing hurl
gave the ball a heave toward the basket
19. an upward motion rising especially a rhythmical rising
the heave of his chest
20. horizontal displacement especially by the faulting of a rock
the total heave of the strata
21. chronic pulmonary emphysema of the horse resulting in difficult expiration, heaving of the flanks, and a persistent cough
22. to lift or pull (something) with effort
23. to throw (something) with effort
24. to breathe in and breathe out (a sigh) in a slow or loud way
25. an act of lifting or pulling something with effort
26. a forceful throw
27. to raise with an effort
Help me heave this box onto the truck.
28. hurl, throw
He heaved rocks into the water.
29. to utter with an effort
She heaved a sigh of relief.
30. to rise and fall again and again
The runner's chest was heaving.
31. to be thrown or raised up
Frost caused the ground to heave.
32. an effort to lift or raise
With a final heave they jammed him into the crate.
— E. B. White, Charlotte's Web
33. an upward motion (as of the chest in breathing or of waves in motion)
34. vomit
got carsick and heaved his lunch
35. to undergo retching or vomiting