heave
101heave — verb 1) she heaved the sofa backward Syn: haul, pull, lug, drag, draw, tug, heft; informal hump, yank 2) informal she heaved a brick at him Syn: throw, fling, cast …
102heave — v 1. raise, hoist, lift, boost; uprear, upraise, upheave, lever. fling, cast, throw, toss; hurl, sling, catapult, launch; dart, Brit. Sl. bung, fire, shoot, let sail or fly; dash, chuck, pitch, peg, send, Inf. put some oomph into it; All Baseball …
103heave — Throw …
104heave up — Vomit …
105heave to — In maritime parlance and admiralty law, to stop a sailing vessel s headway by bringing her head into the wind, that is, in the direction from which the wind blows. A steamer is said to be hove to when held in such a position that she takes the… …
106heave to — In maritime parlance and admiralty law, to stop a sailing vessel s headway by bringing her head into the wind, that is, in the direction from which the wind blows. A steamer is said to be hove to when held in such a position that she takes the… …
107To heave a cable short — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.… …
108To heave a ship ahead — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.… …
109To heave a ship down — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.… …
110To heave a ship to — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.… …