Found 3 items, similar to Heave.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: heave beralun-alun, dorongan, mengangkat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: heave heave n 1: an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); “the heaving of waves on a rough sea” [syn: heaving] 2: (geology) a horizontal dislocation 3: the act of lifting something with great effort [syn: heaving] 4: an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; “a bad case of the heaves” [syn: retch] 5: the act of raising something; “he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”; “fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up” [syn: lift, raise] 6: throwing something heavy (with great effort); “he gave it a mighty heave”; “he was not good at heaving passes” [syn: heaving] [also: hove] heave v 1: utter a sound, as with obvious effort; “She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do” 2: throw with great effort 3: rise and move, as in waves or billows; “The army surged forward” [syn: billow, surge] 4: lift or elevate [syn: heave up, heft, heft up] 5: nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; “The vessel hove into sight” 6: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; “The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily” [syn: pant, puff, gasp] 7: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; “The highway buckled during the heatwave” [syn: buckle, warp] 8: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: gag, retch] [also: hove]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Heave Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Heaved (h[=e]vd), or Hove (h[=o]v); p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven (h[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. h[aum]fva, Dan. h[ae]ve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. kw`ph handle. Cf. Accept, Behoof, Capacious, Forceps, Haft, Receipt.] 1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land. [1913 Webster] One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense. [1913 Webster] Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. --Herrick. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log. [1913 Webster] 3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead. [1913 Webster] 4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. [1913 Webster] The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. [1913 Webster] The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. To heave a ship to (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. To heave about (Naut.), to put about suddenly. To heave in (Naut.), to shorten (cable). To heave in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. To heave out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it. To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log. To heave up anchor (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere. [1913 Webster] Heave \Heave\, n. 1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. [1913 Webster] After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 2. 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, and the like. [1913 Webster] There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves, You must translate. --Shak. [1913 Webster] None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would settle . . . or swallow them. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. (Geol.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. [1913 Webster] Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. --Gray. [1913 Webster] The heaving sods of Bunker Hill. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster] 2. To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle. [1913 Webster] Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves. --Prior. [1913 Webster] The heaving plain of ocean. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult. [1913 Webster] The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation ever since Wyclif's days. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit. [1913 Webster] To heave at. (a) To make an effort at. (b) To attack, to oppose. [Obs.] --Fuller. To heave in sight (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to appear. To heave up, to vomit. [Low] [1913 Webster]