heave

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

   We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.

2. verb To throw, cast.

   They hove rocks into the pond.

3. verb To rise and fall.

   Her chest heaved with emotion.

4. verb To utter with effort.

   She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

5. verb To pull up with a rope or cable.

   Heave up the anchor there, boys!

6. verb To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
7. verb To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
8. verb To displace (a vein, stratum).

Similar words

surge lift buckle elevation raise billow gag warp heft puff

Often followed by

and a of to the up in it with

Word family

heaved heaver heavers heaves heaving hove hoved