1. verb /hiːv/
a) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
We heaved the chest-of-doors on to the second-floor landing.
b) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
The wind heaved the waves.
2. noun /hiːv/
a) An effort to raise something, as a weight, or ones self, or to move something heavy.
b) 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, and the like.
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