amerikai:
brit:
1. An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
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. The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
5. An effort to vomit; retching.
6. (only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.
7. A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
1. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.
2. To throw, cast.
The cap'n hove the body overboard.
3. To rise and fall.
Her chest heaved with emotion.
4. To utter with effort.
She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
5. To pull up with a rope or cable.
Heave up the anchor there, boys!
6. To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
7. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
8. To displace (a vein, stratum).
9. To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
The wind heaved the waves.
10. To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
to heave the ship ahead
11. To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.
12. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
13. To rob; to steal from; to plunder.