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heaved Meaning & Definition

/hiːvd/

What Does Heaved Mean?

Heaved is a verb that means simple past and past participle of heave.

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.
To throw, cast.
The cap'n hove the body overboard.
To rise and fall.
Her chest heaved with emotion.
To utter with effort.
She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
To pull up with a rope or cable.
Heave up the anchor there, boys!
To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
To displace (a vein, stratum).
To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
The wind heaved the waves.
To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
to heave the ship ahead
To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.
To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.

The cap'n hove the body overboard.

Her chest heaved with emotion.

She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

Heave up the anchor there, boys!

The wind heaved the waves.

to heave the ship ahead

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

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