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Rareheave
The correct spelling is heave.
How to pronounce heave
/hiːv/
nounIPA: /hiːv/
Say it like: Hee-ve
The correct spelling is heave. An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy. For example: "We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing."
Usage Examples
“We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.”
“The cap'n hove the body overboard.”
“Her chest heaved with emotion.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
- 2.An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.
- 3.A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
- 4.The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
- 5.An effort to vomit; retching.
verb
- 1.To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- 2.To throw, cast.
- 3.To rise and fall.
- 4.To utter with effort.
- 5.To pull up with a rope or cable.
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