Definition of heave

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Heave (v. t.) 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..

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Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Life :: Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity..
Heavenize :: Heavenize (v. t.) To render like heaven or fit for heaven.
Jacob :: "Jacob (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel..
High :: High (n.) An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
Stow :: Stow (v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..
Heliometry :: Heliometry (n.) The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer..
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
Supernatant :: Supernal (a.) Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace..
Gag :: Gag (v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.
Heft :: Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.
Midheaven :: Midheaven (n.) The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.
Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun..
Heave :: Heave (n.) An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy..
Hoven :: Hoven () p. p. of Heave.
Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Lucid :: Lucid (n.) Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven..
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