heave
noun/hiːv/
/hiːv/
- [countable] an act of lifting, pulling or throwing
- With a mighty heave he lifted the sack onto the truck.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- mighty
- give (something)
- [uncountable] (especially literary) a rising and falling movement
- the steady heave of the sea
Word OriginOld English hebban, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heffen and German heben ‘lift up’.
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