heave Synonyms & Antonyms

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

To throw, cast.

To rise and fall.

To utter with effort.

To pull up with a rope or cable.

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.

To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

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

To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

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

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.

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

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

An effort to vomit; retching.

Broken wind in horses.

A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory

↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kap”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 169

↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “kap”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.

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