Word Meanings - HEAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. häfva, Dan. hæve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. 1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up;

Additional info about word: HEAVE

hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. häfva, Dan. hæve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. 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 , to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead , to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. -- To heave a ship down , to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. -- To heave a ship to , to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. -- To heave about , to put about suddenly. -- To heave in , to shorten . -- To heave in stays , to put a vessel on the other tack. -- To heave out a sail , to unfurl it. -- To heave taut , to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. -- To heave the lead , to take soundings with lead and line. -- To heave the log. See Log. -- To heave up anchor , to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HEAVE)

• Raise
• Lift
• heave
• elevate
• exalt
• advance
• promote
• heighten
• enhance
• awaken
• rouse
• excite
• call forth
• cultivate
• rear
• produce
• collect
• summon
• erect
• originate
• propagate
• Swell
• Dilate
• extend
• enlarges
• rise
• expand
• increase
• augment
• protuberate
• aggravate
• amplify
• distend

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HEAVE)

• Retard
• hinder
• withhold
• withdraw
• recall
• depress
• degrade
• suppress
• oppose
• retreat
• decrease

Related words: (words related to HEAVE)

• FORTHPUTING
  Bold; forward; aggressive.
• COLLECTIVENESS
  A state of union; mass.
• COLLECTEDLY
  Composedly; coolly.
• ROUSE
  To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• COLLECTIBLE
  Capable of being collected.
• RAISE
  To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
• RETREATFUL
  Furnishing or serving as a retreat. "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.
• COLLECTIVISM
  The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.
• RAISED
  1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• FORTHCOMING
  Ready or about to appear; making appearance.
• FORTHY
  Therefore. Spenser.
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• COLLECTIVELY
  In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
• EXALTMENT
  Exaltation. Barrow.
• RETREATMENT
  The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. D'Urfey.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• OPPOSELESS
  Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• MISRAISE
  To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
• TROUSERING
  Cloth or material for making trousers.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• TROUSE
  Trousers. Spenser.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.