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To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See Synonyms at lift.

1. To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl: heave the shot; heaved a brick through the window.

2. To throw or toss: heaved his backpack into the corner.

3. To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable: hove the anchor up and set sail.

4. To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling: hove the ship astern.

To utter with effort or pain: heaved a groan of despair.

To vomit (something).

past tense and past participle hove (hōv) Nautical

1. To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable: hove the anchor up and set sail.

2. To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling: hove the ship astern.

To make rise or swell: the wind heaving huge waves; an exhausted dog heaving its chest.

Geology To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).

To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge: The sidewalk froze and heaved.

To rise and fall in turn, as waves.

To gag or vomit.

past tense and past participle hove Nautical

1. To move in a certain direction or to a specified position: The frigate hove alongside.

2. To pull at or haul a rope or cable: The brig is heaving around on the anchor.

3. To push at a capstan bar or lever.

The effort of heaving.

An act of hurling; a throw, especially when considered in terms of distance: a heave of 63 feet.

Geology A horizontal dislocation, as of a rock stratum, at a fault.

An upward movement.

The act or an instance of gagging or vomiting.

heaves (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A pulmonary disease of horses that is characterized by respiratory irregularities, such as coughing, and is noticeable especially after exercise or in cold weather.

To turn a sailing ship so that its bow heads into the wind and the ship lies motionless except for drifting, in order to meet a storm: The brig hove to.

To turn an engine-powered vessel in a similar situation so that its bow heads into the seas while proceeding at low speed.