Definition of heave

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Heave (v. t.) 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..

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Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven..
Coak :: Coak (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.
Life :: Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity..
Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..
Stuck-up :: Stuckle (n.) A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
Heavenly :: Heavenly (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music..
Broken Wind :: Broken wind () The heaves.
June :: "June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera..
Gag :: Gag (v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.
Perturbation :: Perturbation (n.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other..
Underworld :: Underworld (n.) The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.
Sanctiloquent :: Sanctiloquent (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner..
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8..
Celestial :: Celestial (n.) An inhabitant of heaven.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea..
Midheaven :: Midheaven (n.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To remove to heaven without a natural death.
Orbit :: Orbit (n.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon..
Ephemeris :: Ephemeris (n.) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac..
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