heave

hiːv

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#1·2h ago

(intransitive) To rise and fall.

They hove rocks into the pond.

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#2·3h ago

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.

Origin: From , hebben, from , from , from , from , from the root *kap-. See also have. Cognate with , ("to raise", "to lift"), ("to raise", "to lift"), ("to raise", "to lift"), , , prisoner, , , , handle). (To lift, to raise): Compare typologically , подня́ть (akin to има́ть, име́ть < , *jьměti). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·3h ago

(transitive) To throw, cast.

He hove himself out of the bed.

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