HEAVING

To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

Example: "We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing."

To throw, cast.

Example: "The cap'n hove the body overboard."

To rise and fall.

Example: "Her chest heaved with emotion."

To utter with effort.

Example: "She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window."

To pull up with a rope or cable.

Example: "Heave up the anchor there, boys!"

To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

To displace (a vein, stratum).

To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

Example: "The wind heaved the waves."

To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

Example: "To heave the ship ahead"

To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

Example: "The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave."

To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

To rob; to steal from; to plunder.