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   Heave (hēv), v. t. [imp. Heaved (hēvd), or Hove (hōv); p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven (hōˈv'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. häfva, Dan. hæve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. κώπη handle.  Cf. Accept, Behoof, Capacious, Forceps, Haft, Receipt.]
   1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, “the wave heaved the boat on land”.
   
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   One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. Shak.
   
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   ☞ Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense.
   
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   Here a little child I stand,
   
   Heaving up my either hand. Herrick.
   
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   2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, “to heave the lead; to heave the log.”
   
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   3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, “to heave the ship ahead”.
   
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   4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, “to heave a sigh”.
   
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   The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.
   
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   5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
   
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   The glittering, finny swarms
   
   That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson.
   
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   To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. -- To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. -- To heave a ship to (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. -- To heave about (Naut.), to put about suddenly. -- To heave in (Naut.), to shorten (cable). -- To heave in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. -- To heave out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it. -- To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. -- To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. -- To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log. -- To heave up anchor (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.
   
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