English-Finnish translations for heave

Definition of heave

  • To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing
  • To throw, cast
  • To rise and fall
  • To utter with effort
  • To pull up with a rope or cable
  • To lift ; to raise, or cause to move upwards or forwards
  • To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound
  • To displace (a vein, stratum
  • To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation
  • To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit
  • To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult
  • To rob; to steal from; to plunder
  • An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy
  • A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode
  • An effort to vomit; retching
  • A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory

Examples

  • We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.
  • They heaved rocks into the pond.
  • The capn hove the body overboard.
  • Her chest heaved with emotion.
  • She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
  • Heave up the anchor there, boys!
  • The wind heaved the waves.
  • to heave the ship ahead
  • The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.

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