Meaning

• An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

• 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.

• A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

• The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.

• An effort to vomit; retching.

• (only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.

• A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory

Meaning

• To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

  "We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing."

• To throw, cast.

  "The cap'n hove the body overboard."

• To rise and fall.

  "Her chest heaved with emotion."

• To utter with effort.

  "She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window."

• To pull up with a rope or cable.

  "Heave up the anchor there, boys!"

• To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

• To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

• To displace (a vein, stratum).

• To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

  "The wind heaved the waves."

• To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

  "to heave the ship ahead"

• To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

  "The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave."

• To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

• To rob; to steal from; to plunder.