verb
- to lift or pull something heavy with great effort
- to throw something heavy
- to rise and fall rhythmically
noun
- a strong pull or lift
- a rising and falling movement
Examples
- They had to heave the heavy box onto the truck.
- She heaved the rock into the pond.
- His chest began to heave with exhaustion.
- The rough seas made him heave over the side of the boat.
- With one mighty heave, they lifted the log.
- The heave of the ocean made everyone seasick.
- The workers heaved the furniture up the stairs.
- The ship rose and fell with each heave of the waves.