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heaves definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
v. t. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
v. i. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
v. i. 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.
v. i. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
v. i. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
n. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
n. 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.
n. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.

Crossword clues for heaves

- Churn
- Forcefully move most of heaven
- Haul
- Haul strenuously
- Lift or move with a great effort
- Lift or move with effort
- Lift with effort
- Move with effort
- Move with effort in the avenue
- Needed by the average characters to pull hard
- Pull hard
- Pull strenuously
- Pull up
- Retch
- Throw
- Throw up
- Toss
- Try to vomit
- Lifts with effort
- Throws up