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