Antonyms for heave

Grammar : Verb

Spell : heev

Phonetic Transcription : hiv

Definition of heave

Origin : Old English hebban "to lift, raise; lift up, exalt" (class VI strong verb; past tense hof, past participle hafen), from Proto-Germanic *hafjan (cf. Old Norse hefja, Dutch heffen, German heben, Gothic hafjan "to lift, raise"), from PIE *kap-yo-, from root *kap- "to grasp" (see capable).
Related to Old English habban "to hold, possess." Intransitive use by c.1200. Meaning "to throw" is from 1590s. Sense of "retch, make an effort to vomit" is first attested c.1600. Related: Heaved; heaving. Nautical heave-ho was a chant in lifting (c.1300, hevelow).

verb lift, throw with effort
verb discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth

Example sentences :

Heave the hussy up to her anchor, Mr. Leach, when we will cast an eye to her moorings.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

But they need a fellow to heave mud, so they put up with him.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

She was quite flushed, and her bodice, generally so still and lifeless, began to heave.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

I'll heave up my commission and you pay her the fifteen hundred.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

You have never seen the mighty deep, and the storms that heave and swell in it.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

She had a deckload of it, and she'd heave it overboard every time the wind changed.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I was fairly sure of my soundings, but it don't do no harm to heave the lead.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"Heave that muck overboard," he ordered some of those who stood idling in the waist.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

For an instant that foam of white faces seemed to heave before him.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

Only the heave of her bosom betrayed the agitation under which she was labouring.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for heave

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