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heaved or hove \
ˈhōv

\ ; heaving

1

: lift , raise

heaved the trunk onto the table

2

: throw , cast

heaved her books on the floor

3

: to utter with obvious effort or with a deep breath

heave a sigh of relief

4 a

: to cause to swell or rise

a spent horse gasping and heaving his chest Frost had heaved the sidewalk.

b
geology

: to displace (something, such as a rock stratum or a mineral vein) especially by a fault

5

: to draw, pull, or haul on (something, such as a rope)

heave a line

6
obsolete

: elevate

1 a

: to rise and fall rhythmically

The boat heaved up and down on the waves.

b

: pant

runners heaving at the finish line

2 a

: pull , push

heaving on a rope

b

: to move a ship in a specified direction or manner

c
past tense usually hove

: to move in an indicated way

the ship hove into view

3

: to rise or become thrown or raised up

Roads had begun to heave with frost.

4

: retch , vomit

nearly heaved at the gruesome sight

5

: to strain or labor to do something difficult : struggle

: to halt the headway of a ship (as by positioning a sailboat with the jib aback and the rudder turned sharply to windward)

1 a

: an effort to pull or raise something

with each heave of the rope

b

: an act or instance of throwing : hurl

gave the ball a heave toward the basket

2

: an upward motion : rising

especially

: a rhythmical rising

the heave of his chest

3
geology

: horizontal displacement especially by the faulting of a rock

the total heave of the strata

4
heaves plural in form but singular or plural in construction , veterinary medicine

: chronic pulmonary emphysema of the horse resulting in difficult expiration, heaving of the flanks, and a persistent cough

Verb

She heaved the door shut.

The quarterback heaved the ball down the field.

She sat down and heaved a sigh of relief.

Noun

We lifted the box onto the table with a heave .

He gave the rope a mighty heave .

The quarterback uncorked a mighty heave .

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Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Repeat bad joke about going for a walk up on the ridge again today, heave backpack onto shoulders, start walking in the dark.

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Brendan Leonard, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2020

As director Bo Burnham stays close on Carmichael’s face, the comedian doesn’t exactly smile, nor heave some obvious sigh of relief.

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Caroline Framke, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022

Railroad tracks twist apart, roads heave , pipelines rupture.

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Jim Geraghty, National Review , 27 Mar. 2022

Cracks on the canal — formed when temperature fluctuations heave the ice — can grab skates, requiring paramedic patrols, sometimes in miniature on-ice ambulances.

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New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022

Then Texas could experience a replay of the cataclysms that drove the likes of Iran and Kazakhstan to heave Bitcoin like an angry bull sheds a cowboy.

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Shawn Tully, Fortune , 11 Feb. 2022

Whenever your fox releases a ladder, unlocks a door, flips a switch, or activates a bridge, the resulting animations heave and thud with seemingly ancient mechanisms.

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Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022

The same franchise that needed only 18 seconds left in a tie game to heave a 52-yard bomb to A.J. Brown and kick a game-winning field goal to win the AFC South – overtime?

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Gentry Estes, USA TODAY , 23 Jan. 2022

The construction of the Trans-Polar Railroad was one of many infrastructure projects under Stalin that had to contend with the particularities of land that might sink by several inches in the summer or heave upward in the winter.

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Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

According to MileSplit, McDonald’s Ryan Henry recorded the state’s top shot put throw regardless of division with a 66-foot, 11.5-inch heave at the Trumbull County meet.

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Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland , 25 May 2022

McCarthy’s heave of 47 feet, 4.75 inches was enough to finish first in the shot put.

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oregonlive , 13 May 2022

The Rebels had the ball with 30 seconds left with a chance to win, but guard Jarkel Joiner ran out too much clock and air-balled a heave to give the Gamecocks the ball back with 1.7 seconds left after a timeout.

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Nick Suss, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2022

But the Spartans countered with an 8-0 burst, with Hall capping it with a swish as the shot clock expired on a rainbow heave over the corner of the backboard.

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Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 12 Feb. 2022

This should prompt a heave from us in response: an additional dose of vaccine.

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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 23 Dec. 2021

With time running down in the third quarter Saturday, a player who to that point had missed 14 of 18 shots loaded up a heave from 38 feet.

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Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Dec. 2021

First, Hunt avoided taking a sack near midfield with a 15-yard heave to quarterback Payton Thorne.

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BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2021

But the Aggies roared back, with Calzada tying the game at 38 with under 3 minutes left with a desperate 25-yard heave that somehow fell into the hands of Ainias Smith. Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Zach Calzada passed for 285 yards in the victory.

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Laine Higgins, WSJ , 10 Oct. 2021

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heaved or hove \
ˈhōv
\ ; heaving

1

: to raise with an effort

Help me heave this box onto the truck.

2

: hurl , throw

He heaved rocks into the water.

3

: to utter with an effort

She heaved a sigh of relief.

4

: to rise and fall again and again

The runner's chest was heaving .

5

: to be thrown or raised up

Frost caused the ground to heave .

1

: an effort to lift or raise

With a final heave they jammed him into the crate. — E. B. White , Charlotte's Web

2

: a forceful throw

3

: an upward motion (as of the chest in breathing or of waves in motion)

: vomit

got carsick and heaved his lunch

macaroons
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Definition of heave (Entry 2 of 2)

lift , raise , rear , elevate , hoist , heave , boost mean to move from a lower to a higher place or position. lift usually implies exerting effort to overcome resistance of weight.

lift the chair while I vacuum

raise carries a stronger implication of bringing up to the vertical or to a high position.

scouts raising a flagpole

rear may add an element of suddenness to raise .

suddenly reared itself up on its hind legs

elevate may replace lift or raise especially when exalting or enhancing is implied.

elevated the taste of the public

hoist implies lifting something heavy especially by mechanical means.

hoisted the cargo on board

heave implies lifting and throwing with great effort or strain.

heaved the heavy crate inside

boost suggests assisting to climb or advance by a push.

boosted his brother over the fence

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'heave.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback .

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6
circa 1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Middle English heven , from Old English hebban ; akin to Old High German hevan to lift, Latin capere to take
“Heave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heave. Accessed 4 Jun. 2022.
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