heave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hiːv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: heaves
Etymology: From Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p-. See also have.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian heffe, Dutch heffen ("to raise", "to lift"), German heben ("to raise", "to lift"), Danish hæve ("to raise", "to lift"), Albanian kap (“I grasp, seize”), Old Irish cáin (“law, tribute”), cacht (“prisoner”), Latin capiō (“to take”), Latvian kàmpt (“to seize”), Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”), κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”)).
(To lift, to raise): Compare typologically Russian поднима́ть (podnimátʹ), подня́ть (podnjátʹ) (akin to има́ть (imátʹ), име́ть (imétʹ) < Proto-Slavic *jьmati, *jьměti).
Senses: examples: text: We gave one more heave and the wall toppled over at last.
text: July made no reply but that of a sigh. For she was thinking of the heave she must make to see herself lifted from the ground.
ref: 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 374:
glosses: An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
examples: text: and now the bed shook, the curtains rattled so, that I could scarce hear the sighs and murmurs, the heaves and pantings that accompanied the action, from the beginning to the end
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
text: The slab and piles will work together to resist 'ground heave' (the upward movement of the ground as it tries to push up into the box).
ref: 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:
glosses: 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, etc.
glosses: A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: pitch#English:_rot-angle
glosses: The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time.
glosses: An effort to vomit; retching.
examples: text: The dust would have to be watched out for with a heave horse, and most alfalfa hay...
ref: 1928, Farm Life - Volume 47, Issue 1, page 24:
text: The late stage is recognized by horse people as the true "heave" horse and at this stage most of the airways are partially or completely obstructed.
ref: 1988, New York State Veterinary College, Annual Conference for Veterinarians: Abstracts of Papers, page 14:
text: The bay horse was straining at the time the picture was taken, making its heave line more noticeable.
ref: 2013, Lon D. Lewis, Feeding and Care of the Horse:
glosses: Broken wind in horses.
raw_tags: as in "heave line" or "heave horse"
examples: text: That left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune.
ref: 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
Derived terms: dry-heave
frost heave
heave offering
pyritic heave