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