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    heaving
    [ noun ]
    1. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

    2. <noun.event>
      the heaving of waves on a rough sea
    3. breathing heavily (as after exertion)

    4. <noun.act>
    5. the act of lifting something with great effort

    6. <noun.act>
    7. throwing something heavy (with great effort)

    8. <noun.act>
      he gave it a mighty heave
      he was not good at heaving passes


    Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or
    {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven}
    (h[=o]"v'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. h[aum]fva, Dan. h[ae]ve,
    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.

    One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. --Shak.

    Note: 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.

    Here a little child I stand,
    Heaving up my either hand. --Herrick.

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

    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.

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

    The wretched animal heaved forth such groans.
    --Shak.

    5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.

    The glittering, finny swarms
    That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores.
    --Thomson.

    {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.


    Heaving \Heav"ing\, n.
    A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
    --Addison. --Shak.

    1. Meanwhile, executives and employees alike are heaving sighs of relief.
    2. Looking down at the heaving throng, it was difficult to imagine what it must be like when Puri fills with more than 500,000 pilgrims for the festival. To escape the noise and confusion, we repaired to the South Eastern Railway Hotel for tea.
    3. A heaving, clamorous monster of a city that has slipped its leash, it seems permanently out of control.
    4. A Protestant custom in England was "heaving."
    5. Another, The Art of Dining, is set in a restaurant while her Coastal Disturbances takes place on a beach with the ocean heaving in the background. Painting Churches is thus a deliberately teasing title, given Ms Howe's other works.
    6. To the east, the sun was rising over the grey city. On the quayside, brawny dockers in grubby white vests were heaving crates on to a trolley.
    7. The way he goes, heaving planks and lugging stone, will destroy his back eventually.
    8. I'm broke." In 1962, Mr. McReynolds and some friends put on an exhibition of logging skills like pole climbing, tree sawing and ax heaving at the Fourth of July festivities.
    9. The age groups most heaving affected were 25 to 34 and 35 to 44, the study added.
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