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Heave

Definitions: Heave

Heave

Noun

1. An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea".

2. (geology) a horizontal dislocation.

3. The act of lifting something with great effort.

4. An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves".

5. The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up".

6. Throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes".

Verb

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".

4. Lift or elevate.

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".

7. Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave".

8. Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "heave" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Heave

DomainDefinitions

19th Century Satire

To raise. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Electrical Engineering

The vertical motion of a ship due to the range of waves. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Bring vessel to rest with head to wind. Source: European Union. (references)
 To pull on a rope or cable with mechanical aid, as distinguished from hauling by hand. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

Mechanical vibration acting along the caudocephalic foot-to-head axis of the human body. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

Heave = horizontal component of the slip, measured at right angles to the strike of the fault; horizontal displacement of strata or other rocks along a fault, as opposed to the throw or vertical displacement. (1). Source: European Union. (references)
 A. A rising of the floor of a mine caused by its being too soft to resist the weight on the pillars. See also:creep b. Upward movement of soil caused by expansion or displacement resulting from such phenomena as moisture absorption, removal of overburden, driving of piles, and frost action. c. Horizontal displacement of strata or other rocks along a fault, as opposed to the throw or vertical displacement d. The horizontal component of the slip, measured at right angles to the strike of the fault. Used by J.E. Spurr and A. Geikie for offset. Used by Jukes Brown for strike slip e. CF:upthrow f. Displacement of mineral vein by faulting. Lifting of floor of underground working through rock pressure J.E. Spurr and A. Geikie for offset. Used by Jukes Brown for strike slip. (references)

Physics

Motion of an aircraft, relative to the ambient undisturbed air, which has a component of velocity along the normal axis. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Heave

Synonyms: elevation (n), heaving (n), lift (n), raise (n), retch (n), billow (v), buckle (v), gag (v), gasp (v), heave up (v), heft (v), heft up (v), pant (v), puff (v), surge (v), warp (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Heave

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Depth

Plunge; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings, make soundings; dig; (excavate).

Disuse

Throw aside; (relinquish); make away with; (destroy); cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle; (Render useless).

Ejection

Vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf; belch out; cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god.

Elevation

Verb: heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal.

Feeling

Swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle; turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face; tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter; shake; be agitated, be excited; look blue, look black; wince; draw a deep breath.

Lamentation

Sigh; give a sigh, heave, fetch a sigh; "waft a sigh from Indus to the pole"; sigh "like a furnace"; wail.

Measurement

Span, pace step; apply the compass; Noun: gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom; heave the log, heave the lead; survey.

Quiescence

Remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop; (discontinue).

Regression

Verb: propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip.

Worship

Oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Heave

English words defined with "heave": ClarendonEmbillowfrost heaveHeave offering, heave up, Heaved, Hove, HovenKeck, Keevescend, sigh, surgeTo heave a cable short, To heave a ship ahead, To heave a ship down, To heave a ship to, To heave about, To heave at, To heave in, To heave in sight, To heave in stays, To heave out a sail, To heave taut, To heave the lead, To heave up, To heave up anchor, To weigh anchor, To witUnderheaveweigh anchor. (references)
Specialty definitions using "heave": Boston caisson, bowse downcaisson pile, capsta, cow caisson, crown-infault heave, fault shift, floor liftheave up anchor, horizontal throwstratigraphic heavetremor tract. (references)
Etymologies containing "heave": AortaCapable, CapaciousEmbillowforcepsHaf, hives, HoovePursyUnderheave. (references)

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Modern Usage: Heave

DomainUsage

Screenplays

My story starts at sea a perilous voyage to an unknown land a shipwreck the wild waters roar and heave the brave vessel is dashed all to pieces, and all the helpless souls within her drowned all save one a lady whose soul is greater than the ocean and her spirit stronger than the sea's embrace not for her a watery end, but a new life beginning on a stranger shore. (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

More like a full-bodied dry heave set to music. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

When I think of the lusts of men, it makes me want to heave. (Frenzy; writing credit: Arthur La Bern; Anthony Shaffer)

So would I, but I can't help it. Sometimes I heave ten times a day. Doctors tell me its dangerous, but, um, it's better than being fat. (The Best Little Girl in the World; writing credit: David Moessinger)

Makes me want to heave. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Lyrics

She had to heave me right across her shoulder ("HONKY TONK WOMAN"; performing artist: The Rolling Stones)

Clever

Attend this meeting and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Heave Away My Johnny (1949)

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Commercial Usage: Heave

DomainTitle

Books

  • 6 Theosophic Points: An Open Gate of All the Secrets of Life Wherein the Causes of All Beings Become Known 6 Mystical Points on the Earthly and heave (reference)

  • Has Your House Got Cracks? a Guide to Subsidence and Heave of Buildings on Clay (reference)

  • Heave (reference)

  • Heave Ho : My Little Green Book Of Seasickness (reference)

  • Heave To! You'll Drown Yourselves (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Heave H.O.E.: Basic Instructions For All FRISBEE Flying Disc Students (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Heave

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Photo Album: Heave

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The San Jacinto, having overhauled the British mail packet Trent, forces her to heave to. Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell were taken off shortly afterward.Credit: Library of Congress.

Tarzan. With a mighty heave, Tarzan hurled the shrieking Marlow into the gaping jaws of death.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Sounds Captioned with "Heave".

PlayCaption
Man grunting while trying to heave a heavy object.
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Use in Literature: Heave

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Look at her pant, look at her heave.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Its throes will heave our exuviae from their graves.

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Usage Frequency: Heave

"Heave" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 48.00% of the time. "Heave" is used about 175 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)48%8436,109
Noun (singular)31.43%5545,713
Lexical Verb (base form)18.86%3360,273
Noun (proper)1.71%3202,518
                    Total100.00%175N/A

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Expressions: Heave

Expressions using "heave": cast or heave frost heave heave a name heave a ship ahead heave a sigh heave down heave ho! heave in sight heave into sight heave of the sea heave offering heave out heave overboard heave smb.'s heart up heave the lead heave to heave up heave up anchor heave up! stratigraphic heave To heave a cable short To heave a ship ahead To heave a ship down To heave a ship to To heave about To heave at To heave in To heave in sight To heave in stays To heave out a sail To heave taut To heave the lead To heave the log To heave up To heave up anchor. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "heave": heave-ho, heave-to.

Containing "heave": yo-heave-ho!.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Heave

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

heave

14

frost heave

5

away heave

3

heave offering

2

7th heave

2

dry heave

2
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Modern Translations: Heave

Language Translations for "heave"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

hedh (aim, cast, cheat, chuck, dart, dash, diddle, discard, dispose of, down-load, drop, evade, flash, fling, flip, fob, fob off, have, hose, hurl, land, launch, pitch, pour out, project, push, rain, release, scrap, send, set down, sink, sling, spill, sprinkle, strew, swing, tap, throw, throw away, throw down, throw over, toss, touch off, transfer, winnow), ulet e ngritet, tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw), përpiqem të vjell, nxjerrje (digging, discharge, drawing, eduction, ejection, elicitation, emission, excretion, extraction, extrusion, inference, leakage, outage, output, promulgation, recovery, runout, spew, stripping, superannuation), nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), ngrihet (bristle, flow, harden, lift off), ngre me forcë (prise, prize, pry), lëshoj (cede, concede, dart, depasture, discharge, ease, effuse, emit, exhale, fetch, fire, flop, get off, give, give off, give out, give rise to, heave a sigh, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, let off, pay, project, radiate, relieve, send, set on, shed, shoot, sluice, throw down, touch off, trip, unbrace, unbridle, uncork, uncouple, unleash, unmuzzle, unrein, untuck, utter), gulçoj (absorb, blow, breath rapidly, crepitate, gasp, gulp, howl, pant, puff, wheeze, whoop), gufon (boil, eject, erupt, expel, spout, spring, spurt, vomit), fryhem (belly, bloat, boil up, distend, fill out, pout, surge, swagger, swell), flak (cast, cast off, chuck, clear out, fling, hurl, pitch, reject, scrap, throw, throw away). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ناضل (agonize, buffet, combat, contend, contest, fight, militate, ply, pursue, push, strive, struggle, tug, worry, wrestle), ‏تنهدة, ‏تقيأ (disgorge, gag, puke, regurgitate, reject, retch, spew, throw up, upchuck, vomit), ‏ترفع (advancement, heaving, look down on, promotion, self praise, seniority, superiority), ‏سحب (call, dash, disengage, draft, drag, dragging, draught, draw, drawing, drawing out, hang fire, haul, lug, pull, recall, recant, retreat, revoke, revulsion, run, strain, take back, take off, tow, traction, trail, train, tug, withdraw, withdrawal), ‏طرح (deduct, excrete, fling, floor, lay, molt, moult, posit, put aside, put away, reject, squirt, subtract, subtraction, take away, throw away, toss), ‏جيشان (upheaval), ‏إنتفخ (bag, balloon, belly, billow, bloat, bulge, distend, fill, fluff, inflate, puff, strut, swell), ‏رفع (boost, brace, bring to his feet, bring up, cat, crane, dismiss, elevate, elevation, exalt, expand, fork out, heighten, hike, hoist, hold up, inflate, jack, lever, leverage, lift, lifting, mount, pick, pick me up, pick up, promote, purchase, push up, put up with smth., raise, rear, rise, rising, rode, roll up, scroll, send up, set up, sling, take up, thrust, turn up, up-end, upheave, uphold, uplift), ‏ربو الخيل, ‏بذل جهدا (exert oneself, go flat out, stretch, take trouble). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

правя вълнообразни движения, дърпам (drag, draw, haul, lug, pluck, pull, pull back, strain at, throw back), дърпане (drag, drawing, haul, lug, pull, tug), издигам (advance, build, edify, elevate, erect, exalt, heft, heighten, hike, levitate, lift, make, put up, pyramid, raise, rear, rose, run up, set up, swing up, throw up, upbear, uplift, upraise), издигане (advance, aggrandizement, ascension, ascent, elevation, erection, hoist, levitation, lift, lifting, rise, rising, uptake), издувам се (belly, draw, puff out, puff up, swell), изпускам (elide, emit, exhale, exhaust, exude, give off, leave out, let fall, let out, lose, muff, omit, ooze, pour, put forth, quit, release, run, shoot, throw out, utter, vent), повдига ми се (feel nauseated, feel sick, nauseate, retch), повдигам (boost, bring up, elevate, give a lift, heft, increase, key up, levitate, lift, moot, pick up, prefer, present, pull up, raise, rear, start, take up, throw up, tip over, underlay, up, uplift, upraise), движа се (bear, fluctuate, forge ahead, get about, go, move, navigate, ride, run, set, stir, travel, walk, work), повръща ми се (feel queer, feel seasick, nauseate), хвърляне (cast, casting, delivery, draught, fling, hurl, hurling, pitch, precipitation, projection, release, shy, sling, throw, throwing, toss), премествам (displace, move, offset, remove, shift, shunt, switch over, transfer, translate, translocate, transpose), прехвърлям (alienate, assign, convey, deed, devolve, surmount, transfer), надигане и спадане, обръщам (bring about, cant, convert, invert, jib, jibe, notice, overset, overturn, pay, prong, reflect, reverse, revert, set, slew, slue, tip, tip over, turn, turn around, turn aside, turn over, turn round, twist, upset), вдигам (carry away, carry off, elevate, flush, get up, heft, hoist, hold up, kick up, lift, pick up, pull up, purchase, put up, raise, rear, rouse, run up, take up, tip up, up), вдигам се (clear away, get up, lift, pick up, rear, revolt, rise), възсядам се, хвърлям (aim, broadcast, cast, cob, dart, dash, draw, fling, fling down, flung, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, pass, pitch, plunk, pounce, precipitate, project, send, shadow, shed, shoot, shoot out, sling, sock, throw, throw off, throw out, toss, toss about, whop), повдигане (boost, levitation, lift, lifting, nausea, promotion, queasiness, queerness, retch, retching, rising, taking up, uptake). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

舉起 (lift, uphold), 波蕩 (surge), 冻胀 (heaves). (various references)

   

Czech

  

hození (fling, toss, toss up, tossup), hodit (bung, cast, chuck, drop, fling, hurtle, pitch, spang, throw, tip, toss), hod (cast, pitch, sling, throw, toss), zvracet (be sick, fetch up, retch, spew, vomit), zvednout (elevate, hoist, hold up, improve, lift, pick up, pick(up), put up, raise, rise, take up), zvedat, zdvihnout (hoist, improve, raise, take up, unmoor, upheave, upraise), vzdouvat se (surge), vléci (drag, drag along, haul, lug across, pull, tow, trail, tug), tah (bender, draught, draw, drawing, feature, haul, move, stroke, thrust), táhnout (carry, drag, draw, haul, pull, trail), mrštit (chuck, dash, fling, hurl, hurtle, pitch, pop, sling, strike, throw, toss). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hive (board the net, haul in), helkropsvibrationer i kroppens længderetning (longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration), hale (board the net, cauda, haul in, tail, tailing, tailings, tails), tage ind, sætning (composition, consolidation, heaving, sentence, setting, settlement, sinking, statement, subsidence, typesetting, type-setting, typography), lodret bevægelse, kvaeldning, gå op mod vinden. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hieuwen, halen (board the net, catch, fetch, get, haul in, hit, pick up, run across, send for, strike, to haul), zwelling (breaking-up, bulge, dilatation, dilation, intumescence, irradiation swelling, loosening, swelling, to swell, tumor, tumour), vertikale beweging, verticale trilling (longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration), trilling volgens de z-as (longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration), poffing, op de wind leggen, kwelling (torment), dompen (heaving). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کشیدن (Chart, Drag, Draw, Drawl, Entrain, Experience, Figure, Hale, Haul, Lave, Lengthen, Peg, Pluck, Pull, Strain, Strap, String, Suffer, Trace, Trawl, Weigh), تقلاکردن (Agonize, Attempt, Labor, Scramble, Slog, Struggle, Tug, Wrestle), جابجاکردن (Dislocate, Displace, Replace, Reposit, Substitute, Supplant, Unhorse), بلندکردن (Enhance, Ennoble, Enthrone, Exalt, Heighten, Hoist, Lift, Loft, Pedestal, Rear, Remove, Upraise), بزرگ کردن (Aggrandize, Amplify, Dilate, Distend, Enlarge, Gross), بادکردن (Bag, Bloat, Brag, Bulge, Distend, Inflate, Perk, Swell). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hissata, hiivata, z-akseli-tärinä (longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), vertikaalinen tärinä (longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), pystysuuntainen tärinä (longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), pystysuora liike, panna piihin, nostaa (draw, fade, hoist, lever, lift, pick up, raise, take up), kohoilu (heaving). (various references)

   

French

  

levée (heaving). (various references)

   

German

  

hochheben (catch up, elevate, elevation, fork up, heaved, heft, hoist, hold up, hove, lift, lift up, pick up, put up, raise, to elevate, to raise, upheavals, uplift), hieven (board the net, haul in, haul up, hoist, manhandle), heben (boost, bring out, bring up, dig up, elevate, enhance, heaved, heighten, hold, hold on, hove, improve, increase, lever, lift, lift up, lifting, pick up, put up, raise, raise up, rise, to hoist, to lift). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ρίχνω με δυσκολία, ύψωση (elevation, levitation, lift, resurgence, rise, up beat), σηκώνω (elevate, get up, heft, hold up, lift, pick up, raise, take up, upraise), βιράρω, αγώνασ (battle, competition, contention, contest, exertion, fight, match), αγών (agent, bout, combat, game, spar, strife, struggle, tourney, tug, tussle), ανύψωση (board, elevation, extension, jacking up, lift, lifting, pull-up, push-up, raising, side, sideboard, side-extension, step-up, uplift), ανεβοκατέβασμα (fluctuation), αντηνεμώ, δόνηση κατά τον άξονα των z (longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"תרומם (rear, rise, tower), ל"ת שא (be arrogant, boast, look down on, look down one's nose, rise, tower), ל" יף (brandish, hoist, toss, wave), " פ" (leverage, lifting, snatch, waving). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zihál (gasp, hove, pant, to be short of breath, to breathe hard, to gasp, to heave, to pant, to wheeze, wheeze), lökés (brunt, bump, collision, impact, impulse, jar, jarring, jog, jolt, kick, poke, prod, push, shock, shove, thrust, thrusting, toss), emelkedik (climb, go up, heighten, hove, lift, rise, stand up, to ascend, to augment, to balloon, to be on the upgrade, to climb, to heave, to heighten, to improve, to rise to eminence, to take the floor, to tower), emelkedés (ascent, boost, climax, climb, elevation, eminence, enactment, heaving, hill lift, lift, lifting, raise, raising, recovery, rise, uptrend), emel (enhance, hoist, hove, lift, raise, to advance, to augment, to elevate, to enhance, to erect, to heave, to hold up, to jack up, to lift, to rear, to step up, up). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mengangkat (adopt, appoint, assign, carry, designate, doff, elevate, lift, nab, pick up, promote, raise, take up), dorongan (impetus, inducement, instigation, propulsion, push, pushing, urging), beralun-alun (be in steady movement, billow up, roll). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sollevamento (derricking, heaving, hoist, jacking up, lift, lifting, luffing, raising, upheaval, uplift, uplift (of the earth's crust)). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

波"つ (to beat fast, to dash against, to heave, to undulate, to wave), 巻き上'る (to blow up, to heave up, to hoist, to roll up, to take away), どちら様 (bulky and heavy, heave-ho, heigh-hoh, hold on!, just a minute, massive, massy, substantial, suddenly, to be deeply submerged, who are you?). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

なみうつ (to beat fast, to dash against, to heave, to undulate, to wave), まきあ'る (to blow up, to heave up, to hoist, to roll up, to take away), どっ"い (heave-ho, heigh-hoh, hold on!, just a minute). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tayrn (brew of tea; designing, brew; designing, carry, carrying, cart; get out; draw, deracinate, describe; attract, draft, drag, draw along, drawing, haul, haulage, hitch, induce; tap, induce; tap as barrel, lure, pluck, pull, pulling, suction, tow, towing, trace, tracing; quartering, trawl, tug, tugging, yank), irree (accrue, ascent; passion, climb, emotion, get off, get up, levee, lift, lilt, rise, stand up, step up, swarm, take off, take off as plane, tip, turn out). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

hale og dra, lempe, forskyve (displace). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eavehay

   

Portuguese

  

alar (board the net, bouse, bowse, bowse down, Hale, haul, haul in, to haul). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vomita (disgorge, fetch up, puke, regorge, reject, spew, throw up, vomit), urcare (accession, ascension, ascent, climb, climbing, rise, scrambling, up), urca (ascend, bestride, go up, grow, lift, Mount, rise, scale, soar, swell, uplift), trage (absorb, booze, cock, come, drag, drag in, drag out, draw, evolve, extract, fetch, fire, guzzle, haul, hitch, lie, lug, pluck, pop, pull, pull up, rub, screw, shoot, strike off, suffer, tipple, toll, tug, worry), se urca (ascend, Mount, perch on, rise), se ridica (amount, arise, come up, crest, flush, get up, lift, Mount, rise, shoot up, stand, uprise), scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), ridicare (adjournment, ascension, elevation, erection, growth, heft, hoist, lift, raise, raising, removal, rise, rising, round up, shrug, uplift, upturning), ridica (advance, aggrandize, appear, arise, arrest, ascend, assemble, balloon, bring up, build, carry up, cock, collect, construct, convene, create, draw the cloth, elevate, encash, enhance, erect, found, get up, hoist, interpose, kick up, lift, loop, Mount, muster, perk up, pick up, pitch, pose, prong, pry, put, put up, raise, receive, remove, resound, rise, round up, salt, set up, shovel, start, step up, stick up, straighten, strike, suspend, take up, up, uplift, weigh), deplasa un strat, da drumul la (ease, exhaust, let off, relinquish, slack, slip, spill, stream, volley), alunecare de teren (land slip, landslide), agitaţie a valurilor, înãlţa (balloon, build, elevate, erect, exalt, heighten, hoist, lift, put up, raise, set up, uplift). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

рвотное движение, тянуть канат, тянуть (drag, drag out, draw, extend, haul, protract, pull, pulled, round in, tote, tug), волнение (agitation, commotion, disturbance, effervescence, effervescency, emotion, excitement, fermentation, flutter, gurgitation, heartbeat, perturbation, stew, stirring, throb, tizzies, tizzy, turbulence, unrest), вздыматься (billow, surge, surged, surging), бросок (burst of energy, cast, dash, fling, jump, leap, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw), бросать (cast, cast off, на корме, dart, dash, drop, dump, fling, give over, give up, hurl, jilt, launch, pitched, plant, project, put, quit, relinquish, shoot, slam down, slinging, slings, slung, threw, throw, throw over, thrown, toss), бросание (cast, casting, pelt, throwing), подъем (acclivity, ascent, climb, elevation, heaving, hoist, instep, lift, lifting, raise, reveille, rise, rouse, take off, up, upgrade, uplift, uprise, upsurge, upswing, upturn, verve), поднимать тяжесть, поднимание (lift, lifting, situp). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

povratiti (reclaim, reproduce, restore, resume, retrieve, vomit), ispustiti (drop, elide, let off, omit, ooze, release), dizanje (elevation, heaving, lift, lifting, rise, rising, setting up, uprising), dići (boost, elevate, hoist, jack, lift, raise, rise, stir up), baciti (bung, cast, chuck, dart, dash, fling, hurl, hurtle, peg, pitch, project, shoot, slap, sling, throw, throw out, toss), bacanje (cast, chuck, fling, hurl, pitch, pitching, put, roll, throw, throwing, toss, tossing). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tirar (burn, cast, discard, dispose of, drag, draw, draw out, fire, haul, kiss off, knock off, lay, machine, pitch, print, pull, shoot, tell off, throw, throw about, throw aside, throw away, throw out, to throw, toss away, toss over, tug, turn out, work off). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vräka (dispossess, eject, evict, pelt, throw, toss), lyfta (elevate, get off the ground, heft, hump, Jack, jack up, lift, pitchfork, raise, take up, throw up, uplift), hivahäva, hävning. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

nefesi kesilme, kusmak (bring up, cast, disgorge, feed the fishes, puke, reject, spew, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spue, spue forth, spue out, spue up, throw up, upchuck, vomit), kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), kaldırma (abolition, defeasance, elevation, heaving, hoist, lift, lifting, pickup, raising, superelevation, uptake), kabarmak (arch, blister, bloat, bloat out, puff, rise, roughen, surge, swell, tumefy, upsurge, vesicate), kabarma (eruption, flow, ground swell, heaving, intumescence, pulvinate, surge, surging, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), inip kalkmak, fay hareketi, şişirmek (bag, balloon, bloat, bloat up, blow up, bulk, distend, embroider, exaggerate, expand, fill, heighten, inflate, overcharge, pad, pad out, pile it on, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put it on, put it on thick, run up, swell out, swell up, tumefy), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), atma (banishment, bragging, cast, chuck, ejectment, elimination, fling, heaving, hurl, inset, ouster, pelt, postpone, projectile, shoot, shy, tell us another, throw, throwing, volley), öğürmek (gag, keck, retch), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

зітхати (breathe, pine for, sigh, sithe, suspire), здійматися (billow, crest, rise, rise above, swell, tower, wallow), підйом (ascension, ascent, instep, lift, raise, rouse, up, upgrade, uphill, uplift), піднімати (boost, bring up, cock, draw up, elevate, haul up, heft, hoist, levitate, lift, prong, put up, raise, raise up, rear, set up, take up, up, upbear, uphold, uplift, waken), піднімання (ascent, heaving, levitation, lifting, uptake), переміщати (displace, relocate, shift). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tr o lên (hove, surge), sự căng ph"ng sự nhấp nhô (hove), sự cố nhấc lên (hove), sự cố kéo sự rán sức sự nhô lên (hove). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cyhwfan (wave). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Heave

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

aestuo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Heave

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 11, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEteroi de peirazonteV shmeion par autou ezhtoun ex ouranou
Latin405VulgateEt alii temptantes signum de caelo quaerebant ab eo
Old English990West SaxonAnd sume his fandodon and gyrndon of heofone tacnys of him;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd othir temptinge axiden of hym a tokene fro heuene.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd other tempted him sekinge of him a signe fro heave.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd others tempting him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Heave

LanguageLuke Chapter 11, Verse 16
BulgarianА други, изпитвайки "о, искаха от Него знамение от небето.
CebuanoUg ang uban, sa pagsulay kaniya, nangayo kaniyag ilhanan gikan sa langit.
Chinese又 有 人 試 探 耶 穌 、 向 他 求 從 天 上 來 的 神 蹟 。
CroatianA drugi su iskušavajuæi ga, tražili od njega kakav znak s neba.
DanishMen andre fristede ham og forlangte af ham et Tegn fra Himmelen..
DutchEn anderen, Hem verzoekende, begeerden van Hem een teken uit den hemel.
FinnishToiset taas kiusasivat häntä ja pyysivät häneltä merkkiä taivaasta.
FrenchEt d`autres, pour l`éprouver, lui demandèrent un signe venant du ciel.
GermanDie andern aber versuchten ihn und begehrten ein Zeichen von ihm vom Himmel.
Haitian CreoleGen lòt ki te vle pran l' nan pèlen: yo mande l' pou l' fè yon mirak ki pou moutre se Bondye ki ba l' pouvwa sa a.
HungarianMások meg, kísértvén õt, mennyei jelt kívánának tõle.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAda juga orang-orang lain yang mau menjebak Yesus, jadi mereka minta Ia melakukan suatu keajaiban sebagai tanda bahwa Ia datang dari Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAda pula lain orang mencobai Dia serta meminta kepada-Nya suatu tanda ajaib dari langit.
ItalianAltri poi, per metterlo alla prova, gli domandavano un segno dal cielo.
Korean또 " 러 " 예 수 를 시 험 하 여 하 늘 로 서 오 " 표 을 구 하 니
LatvianUn citi, kârdinâdami Viòu, prasîja Viòam zîmi no debesîm.
Manx GaelicAs va feallagh elley er-chee prowal eh shirrey er cowrey veih niau.
MaoriNa ka whakamatautau etahi, ka mea ki tetahi tohu i a ia i te rangi.
Modern GreekΑλλοι δε πειραζοντες εζητουν παρ' αυτου σημειον εξ ουρανου.
NorwegianAndre igjen fristet ham og krevde et tegn fra himmelen av ham.
PortugueseE outros, experimentando-o, lhe pediam um sinal do céu.   
RumanianAlyii, ca sq -L ispiteascq, Ki cereau un semn, din cer.
Russianб "ТХЗЙЕ, ЙУЛХЫБС, ФТЕ'ПЧБМЙ ПФ оЕЗП ЪОБНЕОЙС У ОЕ'Б.
ShuarTura Chíkichkia, nekas Yúsnumia taawashit tusar "Nayaimpinmaya kakaram ana nu iniakmasam aents tujintiamu Túrata" Jesusan tiarmiayi.
SpanishOtros, para probarle, pedían de él una señal del cielo.
SwahiliWengine, wakimjaribu, wakamtaka afanye ishara kuonyesha kama alikuwa na idhini kutoka mbinguni.
SwedishOch några andra ville sätta honom på prov och begärde av honom ett tecken från himmelen.
Thaiคนอื่นๆท"ลองพระองค์ โ"ยขอจากพระองค์ให้เห็นหมายสำคัญจากสวรรค์
UkrainianА інші, випробовуючи, хотіли від Нього ознаки із неба.
UmaRia wo'o-ra hantongo' to doko' mposori Yesus. Merapi' -ra hi Yesus bona napopohiloi-ra anu mekoncehi bona monoa' ra'inca kangkai Alata'ala-na mpu'u-i.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Heave

Derivations

Words beginning with "heave": heaved, heaven, heavenlier, heavenliest, heavenliness, heavenlinesses, heavenly, heavens, heavenward, heavenwards, heaver, heavers, heaves. (additional references)

Words ending with "heave": sheave, upheave. (additional references)

Words containing "heave": sheaved, sheaves, upheaved, upheaver, upheavers, upheaves. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Heave" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: feave, geave, Ghiaie, haeke, haev, haive, hauve, hava, havb, havbe, havce, Havea, havef, havek, havex, havge, havi, Hayaf, heade, Heaf, Heane, heape, heare, heate, heav, heavee, heavel, heavie, heavieu, heev, heeve, heeze, heiave, heif, Helaf, Heuvel, heva, hevade, heve, Hevea, hevi, hhave, Hiace, hieave, hmav, hoaf, hoave, hyemale, keave, teave. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Heave"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "heave" (pronounced hē"v)
2-ē" vachieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cleave, conceive, deceive, disbelieve, eave, eve, greave, grieve, Interleave, interweave, leave, misconceive, misperceive, naive, neve, peeve, perceive, preconceive, reave, receive, Reeve, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sleeve, Vive, weave.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Heave

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-v"

-1 letter: eave, have.

-2 letters: ave, eve, hae, vee.

-3 letters: ae, ah, eh, ha, he.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-v"
 

+1 letter: behave, heaved, heaven, heaver, heaves, sheave.

 

+2 letters: achieve, behaved, behaver, behaves, havened, havered, haverel, heavens, heavers, heavier, heavies, reshave, sheaved, sheaves, upheave.

 

+3 letters: achieved, achiever, achieves, adhesive, behalves, behavers, chevalet, chivaree, haverels, heavenly, heaviest, heavyset, overhate, overhead, overheap, overhear, overheat, reshaved, reshaven, reshaves, revanche, shivaree, upheaved, upheaver, upheaves, whatever.

 

+4 letters: achievers, adhesives, champleve, chevalets, chevalier, chivareed, chivarees, echeveria, evanished, evanishes, harvested, harvester, heaviness, misbehave, overhated, overhates, overheads, overheaps, overheard, overhears, overheats, overreach, revanches, shivareed, shivarees, upheavers, waveshape.

 

+5 letters: achievable, adhesively, aftershave, cavefishes, champleves, changeover, chevaliers, earthmover, echeverias, enravished, enravishes, evenhanded, exhaustive, harvesters, harvestmen, heavenlier, heavenward, misbehaved, misbehaver, misbehaves, outachieve, overarched, overarches, overbleach, overcharge, overhanded, overhandle, overhauled, overheaped, overheated, preharvest, shinleaves, spokeshave, superheavy, unachieved, verandahed, wavelength, waveshapes, whatsoever.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Heave


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 61 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .    .-    ...-    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01100001 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#97 &#118 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 0061 0076 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4271678871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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