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heave

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  1. lift                  
 
1. heave \'he-v\ \'ho-v\ vb or heaved or hove;  or heav.ing [ME heven, fr. 
   OE hebban; akin to OHG hevan to lift, L cap]ere to take obs  1: ELEVATE  2: 
   to cause to be lifted upward or onward  3: THROW, CAST  4: to utter with 
   obvious effort  5a: to cause to swell or rise  5b: to displace (as a rock 
   stratum) esp. by a fault  6: HAUL, DRAW  1: to rise or become thrown or 
   raised up  2: to strain to do something  3a: to rise and fall rhythmically  
   3b: PANT  4: RETCH  5a: PULL, PUSH  5b: to move a ship in a specified 
   direction or manner  of a ship  5c: to move in an indicated way  - heav.er 
   n
2. heave n 1a: an effort to heave or raise  1b: HURL, CAST  2: an upward 
   motion : RISING; esp : a rhythmical rising  3: the horizontal displacement 
   by the faulting of a rock  pl but sing or pl in constr  4: chronic 
   pulmonary emphysema of the horse resulting in difficult expirati on, 
   heaving of the flanks, and a persistent cough