heave

heave
Synonyms and related words:
a leg up, aye, barf, be nauseated, be poised, be seasick, be sick, billow, blow, board, boom, boost, bore, bowl, break, breakers, breathe, bring up, bung, buoy up, cascade, cast, cast at, cast loose, cast up, catapult, change of pace, change-up, choke on, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, chuck, chuck at, chuck up, chunk, clap on ratlines, clear hawse, comb, comber, crash, curve, cut loose, dart, dash, dirty water, disgorge, downcurve, draft, drag, draggle, draw, eagre, ebb and flow, egest, elevate, erect, escalate, fastball, feed the fish, feel disgust, fidget, fire, fire at, fling, fling at, flip, flip out, flounder, flutter, fork, forward pass, freak out on, gag, gasp, get high on, glow, go pitapat, gravity wave, groan, ground swell, hale, haul, haul down, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave apeak, heave at, heave round, heave short, heave the gorge, heavy sea, heavy swell, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hobbyhorse, hoick, hoist, hold up, huff, hurl, hurl against, hurl at, hurtle, incurve, jerk, jerk up, keck, kedge, knock up, knuckleball, lance, lateral, lateral pass, launch, lay, lay aloft, let fly, let fly at, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, log, lop, lug, lurch, make heavy weather, moan, move, outcurve, overexert, overexertion, overextend, overextension, overstrain, overstress, overtax, overtaxing, palpitate, pant, pass, peak, peg, pelt, perk up, pitch, pitch and toss, pitchfork, plunge, popple, pound, press, puff, puke, pull, put, put the shot, quake, quaver, quiver, rack, raise, raise up, ratline down, rear, rear up, reel, regurgitate, reject, retch, riffle, ripple, rise, rise and fall, rock, roll, roller, rough water, scend, screwball, sea, send, serve, service, set up, shake, shiver, shot-put, shy, shy at, sick up, sicken at, sigh, sinker, sky, slider, sling, sling at, smash, snake, snap, spar down, spew, spitball, spitter, squirm, stick up, strain, strain every nerve, straining, stream the log, stress, stress and strain, stressfulness, stretch, surf, surge, sway, sweat blood, swell, swell with emotion, swing, take in tow, tax, taxing, tense, tension, thrill, thrill to, throb, throw, throw at, throw up, tidal bore, tidal wave, tide wave, tilt, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, toss at, tow, trail, train, traverse a yard, trawl, tremble, troll, trough, tsunami, tug, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, undulate, undulation, unlash, up, upbuoy, upcast, upchuck, upcurve, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upthrow, utter, vomit, wallow, warp, water wave, wave, wavelet, welter, white horses, whitecaps, wiggle, wriggle, writhe, yaw

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  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heave to — {v.} To bring a ship to a stop; bring a sailing ship to a standstill by setting the sails in a certain way. * / Heave to! the captain shouted to his crew./ * /We fired a warning shot across the front of the pirate ship to make her heave to./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • heave to — {v.} To bring a ship to a stop; bring a sailing ship to a standstill by setting the sails in a certain way. * / Heave to! the captain shouted to his crew./ * /We fired a warning shot across the front of the pirate ship to make her heave to./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • heave — heave; heave·less; up·heave; up·heave·ment; …   English syllables

  • heave — ► VERB (past and past part. heaved or chiefly Nautical hove) 1) lift or haul with great effort. 2) produce (a sigh) noisily. 3) informal throw (something heavy). 4) rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically. 5) …   English terms dictionary

  • heave-ho — ☆ heave ho [hēv′hō′] n. [see the phrase HEAVE HO! in HEAVE ] Informal dismissal, as from a position: chiefly in the phrase give (or get) the (old) heave ho …   English World dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heave — [hēv] vt. HEAVED or (esp. Naut.) hove, heaving, heaved [ME heven < OE hebban, akin to Ger heben (Goth hafjan) < IE base * kap , to seize, grasp > HAVE, L capere] 1. to raise or lift, esp. with effort 2. a) to lift in this …   English World dictionary

  • heave-ho — interjection, n 1.) old fashioned used as an encouragement to a person or group of people who are pulling something, especially on ships 2.) give someone the (old) heave ho informal to end a relationship with someone, or to make someone leave… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • heave-ho — noun give someone the heave ho INFORMAL 1. ) to end a relationship with someone 2. ) to tell someone they have to leave their job …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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