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.

Meaning

• Weight.

• Heaviness, the feel of weight.

  "A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft."

• The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.

• The greater part or bulk of anything.

  "The heft of the crop was spoiled."

Meaning

• To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.

  "He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck."

• To test the weight of something by lifting it.