To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc
the act of lifting something with great effort (geology) a horizontal dislocation an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" the act of lifting something with great effort (geology) a horizontal dislocation an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave" utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do" lift or elevate throw with great effort nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight
(1) The vertical rise or fall of the WAVES or the SEA (2) The translational movement of a craft parallel to its vertical axis (3) The net transport of a floating body resulting from WAVE action
If you heave something heavy or difficult to move somewhere, you push, pull, or lift it using a lot of effort. It took five strong men to heave the statue up a ramp and lower it into place Heave is also a noun. It took only one heave to hurl him into the river