heave

n. 1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. [ 1913 Webster ]

After many strains and heaves
He got up to his saddle eaves. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves,
You must translate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would settle . . . or swallow them. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heaving sods of Bunker Hill. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heaving plain of ocean. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation ever since Wyclif's days. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]

To heave at. (a) To make an effort at. (b) To attack, to oppose. [ Obs. ] Fuller. --
To heave in sight (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to appear. --
To heave up, to vomit. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Heaved or Hove p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven 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. kw`ph 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here a little child I stand,
Heaving up my either hand. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. [ 1913 Webster ]

The glittering, finny swarms
That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS. hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gahamōn to put on, clothe one's self, G. hemd shirt, and perh. E. chemise. ] 1. The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

I never saw the heavens so dim by day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unto the God of love, high heaven's King. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this general sense heaven and its corresponding words in other languages have as various definite interpretations as there are phases of religious belief. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.; as, heaven helps those who help themselves. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Her prayers, whom Heaven delights to hear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The will
And high permission of all-ruling Heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight. “A heaven of beauty.” Shak. “The brightest heaven of invention.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

O bed! bed! delicious bed!
That heaven upon earth to the weary head! Hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Heaven is very often used, esp. with participles, in forming compound words, most of which need no special explanation; as, heaven-appeasing, heaven-aspiring, heaven-begot, heaven-born, heaven-bred, heaven-conducted, heaven-descended, heaven-directed, heaven-exalted, heaven-given, heaven-guided, heaven-inflicted, heaven-inspired, heaven-instructed, heaven-kissing, heaven-loved, heaven-moving, heaven-protected, heaven-taught, heaven-warring, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heavened p. pr. & vb. n. Heavening. ] To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We are happy as the bird whose nest
Is heavened in the hush of purple hills. G. Massey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render like heaven or fit for heaven. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Heavenly. ] The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a manner resembling that of heaven. “She was heavenly true.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By the influence or agency of heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. heofonic. ] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music. [ 1913 Webster ]

As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor. xv. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng. [ 1913 Webster ]

The love of heaven makes one heavenly. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]