Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: heave
IPA transcription: [h'iv]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: heave
    Meaning: utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
  • Synonyms: heave
    Meaning: throw with great effort
  • Synonyms: billow, surge, heave
    Meaning: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
  • Synonyms: heave, heave_up, heft, heft_up
    Meaning: lift or elevate
  • Synonyms: heave
    Meaning: move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
  • Synonyms: pant, puff, gasp, heave
    Meaning: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
Usage examples
  • 'Lend a hand to heave this up.
  • His head drooped and each breath came as a great heave.
  • You might heave your rump up half a foot, but for lashing out--oho!
  • He could feel distinctly the slow, irresistible heave of its bulk beneath him.
  • Finally, the chest of the doomed soldier began to heave with a strained motion.
  • And he and Redruth backed with a great heave that sent her stern bodily under water.
  • "Now," shouted I, "luff you may, Bob, and let's heave the craft to, and finish the job for them."
  • At last with a great heave he moved it out of the road, and as it fell he knew it was a huge rock.
  • He can undertake to heave Jaikark off the throne and seize power, or he has to support Jaikark on the throne. We're subsidizing Jaikark.
  • They might be sailing eastward, in which case the time of day would be late afternoon. That they were sailing he could feel from the gentle forward heave of the vessel under him.