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heave
has definitions from the fields of geology,nautical,medicine,pathology
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[ verb ] utter a sound, as with obvious effort
Examples "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do" Used in print (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Digby heaved a deep ethereal sigh . Related terms |
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[ verb ] throw with great effort
Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Somebody heaved a stone . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)The first thing every morning when she washed her face she could see the scar on her chin where he 'd cut her with a boot cleat , and maybe she saw him heaving it again , the dirty sock popping_out as it flew . Related terms |
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[ verb ] lift or elevate
Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)He heaved the dead man onto the buckboard , yelled and lashed at the team and got_out of there fast . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)He started to struggle up , heaving desperately . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (nautical) nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
Examples : "The vessel hove into sight" Used in print (James Blish, The Star Dwellers....)Then the skiff hove into sight , just a dot of light at_first against the roiling blackness and crimson streaks of the Coal_Sack . Related terms |
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[ verb ] bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
Examples "The highway buckled during the heatwave" Related terms |
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