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Definition of heave

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Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..

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Heaven :: Heaven (n.) The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense..

Celestify :: Celestify (v. t.) To make like heaven.

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it..

Subcentral :: Subcelestial (a.) Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories..

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth..

Stool :: Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks..

Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..

Occulted :: Occulted (a.) Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon..

Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To cause to heave with nausea.

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun..

Sheaved :: Sheaved (a.) Made of straw.

Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A sheave.

Allhallows :: Allhallows (n.) All the saints (in heaven).

Upheave :: Upheave (v. t.) To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.

Hove :: Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.

Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..

Sky :: Sky (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural..