Definition of "heave" in Anglais

verb

1. (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

   • We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.
   • He hove himself out of the bed.

2. (transitive) To throw, cast.

   • They hove rocks into the pond.
   • The cap'n hove the body overboard.

3. (intransitive) To rise and fall.

   • Her chest heaved with emotion.

4. (transitive) To utter with effort.

   • She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

5. (transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.

   • Heave up the anchor there, boys!

6. (transitive, archaic) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

7. (intransitive) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

   • 17 June, 1857, Edward Everett, The Statue of Warren the heaving sods of Bunker Hill

8. (transitive, mining, geology) To displace (a vein, stratum).

9. (transitive, archaic) To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

   • The wind heaved the waves.

10. (ambitransitive, nautical) To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

    • to heave the ship ahead

11. (intransitive) To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

    • The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.

12. (intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

13. (obsolete, British, thieves' cant) To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

noun

1. (countable) An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

   • We gave one more heave and the wall toppled over at last.

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, etc.

3. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

4. (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time.

5. An effort to vomit; retching.

6. (rare, only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.