heave: betekenis en definities

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What is heave?

What is heave?

  • To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See Synonyms at lift.
  • To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl: heave the shot; heaved a brick through the window.
  • To throw or toss: heaved his backpack into the corner.
  • To utter with effort or pain: heaved a groan of despair.
  • To vomit (something).
  • Nautical To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable: hove the anchor up and set sail.
  • Nautical To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling: hove the ship astern.
  • To make rise or swell: the wind heaving huge waves; an exhausted dog heaving its chest.
  • Geology To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).
  • To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge: The sidewalk froze and heaved.
  • To rise and fall in turn, as waves.
  • To gag or vomit.
  • Nautical To move in a certain direction or to a specified position: The frigate hove alongside.
  • Nautical To pull at or haul a rope or cable: The brig is heaving around on the anchor.
  • Nautical To push at a capstan bar or lever.
  • The effort of heaving.
  • An act of hurling; a throw, especially when considered in terms of distance: a heave of 63 feet.
  • Geology A horizontal dislocation, as of a rock stratum, at a fault.
  • An upward movement.
  • The act or an instance of gagging or vomiting.
  • A pulmonary disease of horses that is characterized by respiratory irregularities, such as coughing, and is noticeable especially after exercise or in cold weather.
  • heave to Nautical To turn a sailing ship so that its bow heads into the wind and the ship lies motionless except for drifting, in order to meet a storm: The brig hove to.
  • heave to Nautical To turn an engine-powered vessel in a similar situation so that its bow heads into the seas while proceeding at low speed.
  • sight To rise or seem to rise over the horizon into view, as a ship.

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