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I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while.
Kate Hudson

Meaning of "heave" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEAVE

Old English hebban; related to Old Norse hefja, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German heffen to raise, Latin capere to take, Sanskrit kapatī two hands full.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HEAVE

heave  [hiːv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heave is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb heave in English.

WHAT DOES HEAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heave in the English dictionary

The first definition of heave in the dictionary is to lift or move with a great effort. Other definition of heave is to throw with effort. Heave is also to utter or breathe noisily or unhappily.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HEAVE

PRESENT

Present
I heave
you heave
he/she/it heaves
we heave
you heave
they heave
Present continuous
I am heaving
you are heaving
he/she/it is heaving
we are heaving
you are heaving
they are heaving
Present perfect
I have heaved
you have heaved
he/she/it has heaved
we have heaved
you have heaved
they have heaved
Present perfect continuous
I have been heaving
you have been heaving
he/she/it has been heaving
we have been heaving
you have been heaving
they have been heaving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I heaved
you heaved
he/she/it heaved
we heaved
you heaved
they heaved
Past continuous
I was heaving
you were heaving
he/she/it was heaving
we were heaving
you were heaving
they were heaving
Past perfect
I had heaved
you had heaved
he/she/it had heaved
we had heaved
you had heaved
they had heaved
Past perfect continuous
I had been heaving
you had been heaving
he/she/it had been heaving
we had been heaving
you had been heaving
they had been heaving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will heave
you will heave
he/she/it will heave
we will heave
you will heave
they will heave
Future continuous
I will be heaving
you will be heaving
he/she/it will be heaving
we will be heaving
you will be heaving
they will be heaving
Future perfect
I will have heaved
you will have heaved
he/she/it will have heaved
we will have heaved
you will have heaved
they will have heaved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been heaving
you will have been heaving
he/she/it will have been heaving
we will have been heaving
you will have been heaving
they will have been heaving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would heave
you would heave
he/she/it would heave
we would heave
you would heave
they would heave
Conditional continuous
I would be heaving
you would be heaving
he/she/it would be heaving
we would be heaving
you would be heaving
they would be heaving
Conditional perfect
I would have heave
you would have heave
he/she/it would have heave
we would have heave
you would have heave
they would have heave
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been heaving
you would have been heaving
he/she/it would have been heaving
we would have been heaving
you would have been heaving
they would have been heaving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you heave
we let´s heave
you heave
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to heave
Past participle
heaved
Present Participle
heaving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEAVE


achieve
əˈtʃiːv
believe
bɪˈliːv
breve
briːv
conceive
kənˈsiːv
deceive
dɪˈsiːv
eve
iːv
half-sleeve
ˈhɑːfˌsliːv
leave
liːv
leve
liːv
naive
naɪˈiːv
nieve
niːv
perceive
pəˈsiːv
receive
rɪˈsiːv
reeve
riːv
relieve
rɪˈliːv
retrieve
rɪˈtriːv
sleeve
sliːv
vive
viːv
weave
wiːv
we´ve
wiːv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEAVE

heaume
heave down
heave the log
heave to
heave-ho
heaven
heaven-sent
heavenliness
heavenly
heavenly body
Heavenly Father
heavens
heavenward
heavenwards
heaver
heaves
heavier
heavier-than-air
heavies
heaviest

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEAVE

annual leave
basket weave
basketweave
by your leave
by-your-leave
cleave
greave
home leave
interleave
Jacquard weave
maternity leave
on leave
parental leave
reave
sabbatical leave
shore leave
sick leave
sleave
study leave
ticket of leave

Synonyms and antonyms of heave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HEAVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heave» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of heave
barf · billow · breathe · cast · chuck · chunder · dilate · exhale · expand · fling · gag · groan · heft · hoist · hurl · lever · lift · palpitate · pant · pitch · puff · raise · retch · rise · send · sigh · sling · sob · spew · surge · suspire · swell · throb · throw · throw up · toss · tug · upchuck · vomit

Translation of «heave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEAVE

Find out the translation of heave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 推
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mover con esfuerzo
570 millions of speakers

English

heave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उसांस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتنفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бросать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

puxar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heaume
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déplacer avec effort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heaume
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hieven
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

持ち上げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 들어올리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heaume
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dơ lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heaume
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heaume
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sollevare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

falowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кидати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alunecare de teren
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σηκώνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afgee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heave
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVE»

The term «heave» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.800 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heave» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heave» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heave

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2 QUOTES WITH «HEAVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heave.
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Kate Hudson
I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while.
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Tristram Stuart
Every week, I heave open a supermarket skip and find therein a more exotic shopping list of items than I could possibly have invented - Belgian chocolates, ripe bananas, almond croissants, stone-ground raisin bread - often so much it would have fed a hundred people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAVE»

Discover the use of heave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Has Your House Got Cracks?: A Homeowner's Guide to ...
This guide was commisioned by the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Building Research Establishment to provide practical guidance for home owners whose properties have been affected by subsidence, or heave, or who are concerned about ...
Tim J. Freeman, Richard M. C. Driscoll, G. S. Littlejohn, 2002
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Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils
The total heave from several layers, AH, is equal to the sum of the heave for each layer: AH = S Ah,. (14.7) 14.3.2 Prediction of Final Pore- Water Pressures The final pore-water pressures below a foundation or pavements can either be ...
D. G. Fredlund, Harianto Rahardjo, 1993
3
Engineering Geology and Construction
2.7.1 Uplift of floor of excavation The stability of the floor of a large excavation may be affected by ground heave. The amount of heave and the rate at which it occurs depend on the degree of reduction in vertical stress during construction ...
Fred G. Bell, 2004
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Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice
During the subsequent period of construction, the weight of the building becomes equal to and generally exceeds the original overburden pressure; hence, the heave disappears, and the building settles. If the building has a greater weight ...
Karl Terzaghi, 1996
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RIGIDICE Model of Secondary Frost Heave
INTRODUCTION RIGIDICE In an earlier paper, Black and Miller (1985) reported on progress to numerically solve the differential equations of secondary frost heave (Miller 1978) using a simplified approach. They presented a series of ...
6
Design Applications of Raft Foundations
Time effects of settlement and heave The soil parameters determined above are appropriate for 'first loading', or 'reloading a long time after unloading' of the London Clay. Where the soil experiences a substantial unload up to 15 years prior to ...
J. A. Hemsley, 2000
7
Sea Loads on Ships and Offshore Structures
it is a larger wavelength of the incident waves that creates resonance in heave and pitch at forward speed than at zero speed. This is illustrated in Fig. 3.21. For a real ship form at zero forward speed the cancellation effect on the heave wave  ...
O. Faltinsen, 1993
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The Mishnah
another. Where there is a priest Heave-offering must be given from the choicest kind ; but where there is no priest [it should be given] from the kind that best endures. R. Judah says: Heave-offering should ever be given from the choicest kind.
Herbert Danby, 1933
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Snow Engineering: Recent Advances: Proceedings of the third ...
Figure 6 shows the relationship between frost heave ratio and CBR. Frost heave is influenced significantly by soil type, water content and curing period when the CBR is low. However, these effects are negligible when the CBR becomes high.
I. Izumi, T. Nakamura, R.L. Sack, 1997
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Aggregates: Sand, Gravel and Crushed Rock Aggregates for ...
Self-refrigerated unit for frost heave test. (e) Frost susceptibility. Frost-heave can occur during prolonged periods of freezing when the temperature of the road pavement at depth falls below 0°C. If other conditions allow, water will be drawn ...
Mick R. Smith, L. Collis, P. G. Fookes, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heave is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kitchen gadgets review: the Egg Master – a horrifying, unholy affair …
As I dry heave into the sink, I try to remember if I read about this machine in the Book of Revelation. Why is it in the world? Who created it? «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Middlesex's pursuit of victory over Somerset is confounded by …
Franklin's own heave-ho preceded his declaration, which dangled just enough before Somerset to tempt a chase. And as Marcus Trescothick ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Joan Sebastian Died In Son Julian Figueroa's Arms, Surrounded By …
The only glory is heave. You will live forever in the hearts of those who loved you." Celebrities haveexpressed their sadness on social media ... «Latin Times, Jul 15»
4
Climate change a new battleground - The Australian
We should add an extra $4 billion in compensation payments for the Carbon Tax that remain in place despite the tax getting the heave ho last ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Why first-time buyers shouldn't chose a houseboat - GQ.co.uk
... much on the boil, first-time buyers would be forgiven for thinking life on a houseboat is one way they can give their landlord the heave-ho. «GQ.com, Jul 15»
6
ASA selects strong team for worlds | Sport24
South African women's javelin queen Sunette Viljoen boasts the leading heave this year with a 66.62m throw she let loose in Melbourne in ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
7
Maurice Ndour! Knicks Stay Flawless in Overtime Win - Daily Knicks
Jerian Grant had the opportunity to win it in the waning seconds, however his long range heave flew well over the basket to send the game into ... «Daily Knicks, Jul 15»
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Steelers News: QB Analysis, Newcomer, Young Defense - Still Curtain
If he truly does have a unique ability to catch tough passes, they'll be right. Flacco's heave and hope brand of offense demands a lot from the ... «Still Curtain, Jul 15»
9
The Ground under Our Feet | Tricycle
Bedrock can vanish into empty space. Solid dirt can roll and heave. Your house and job and family? Obliterated. All your accomplishments and ... «Tricycle, Jul 15»
10
What's SUP? | Culture | Colorado Springs Independent
Middle-school-age campers fill four canoes, and chants of "heave-ho" fill the air. Two friends of Hitchcock's are here to SUP as well, but beyond ... «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»

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