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Heaved Heave Past Ship Long Stomach Hove Tense

Front heave
Back verb, nounBrE /hiːv/NAmE /hiːv/verb

1 [transitive, intransitive] to lift, pull or throw sb/sth very heavy with one great effort~ sth/sb/yourself + adv./prep.I managed to heave the trunk down the stairs. They heaved the body overboard. He heaved himself out of his armchair.+ adv./prep. We all heaved on the rope. Heave away lads!

2 [intransitive] to rise up and down with strong, regular movementsThe boat heaved beneath them.~ with sth Her shoulders heaved with laughter.

3 [transitive] ~ a sigh, etc. to make a sound slowly and often with effortWe all heaved a sigh of relief. She heaved a long sigh.

4 [intransitive] to experience the tight feeling in your stomach that you get before you vomitThe thought of it makes me heave. His stomach heaved.

ˌheave into ˈsight/ˈview (formal) (especially of ships)to appear, especially when moving gradually closer from a long way offA ship hove into sight. Like a galleon in full sail, Cara hove into view. Hove is usually used for the past tense and past participle in this idiom.ˌheave ˈto(technical) if a ship or its crew (= the people sailing it) heave to, the ship stops moving Hove is usually used for the past tense and past participle in this phrasal verb.

noun

1 [countable] an act of lifting, pulling or throwingWith a mighty heave he lifted the sack onto the truck.

2 [uncountable] (especially literary) a rising and falling movementthe steady heave of the sea

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