Definition of heave

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Heave (n.) An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy..

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Heavenlyminded :: Heavenlyminded (a.) Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious..
Heavened :: Heavened (imp. & p. p.) of Heave.
Low :: Low (adv.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian..
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8..
Heaven :: Heaven (n.) The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.
Sympode :: Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth..
Cosmolabe :: Cosmolabe (n.) An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm..
Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
High :: High (n.) An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
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..
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh..
Astronomer :: Astronomer (n.) One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena..
Leadsman :: Leadsman (n.) The man who heaves the lead.
Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..
Orb :: Orb (n.) One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions..
Set :: Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination..
Emersion :: Emersion (n.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A sheave.
Nativity :: Nativity (n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope..
Heaven :: Heaven (v. t.) To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify..
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