hoven

Verb

heave (third-person singular simple present heaves, present participle heaving, simple past heaved or (nautical or occasional) hove, past participle heaved or (nautical or occasional) hove or hoven or heft)

1. (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.

   Synonyms:

   heft, upheave

2. (transitive) To throw, cast.
   • They hove rocks into the pond.

   Synonyms:

   fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck

3. (intransitive) To rise and fall.
   • Her chest heaved with emotion.
4. (transitive) To utter with effort.
   • She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
5. (transitive) To pull up with a rope or cable.
   • Heave up the anchor there, boys!

   Synonyms:

   hoist, pulley, teagle

6. (archaic, transitive) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
   • Here a little child I stand, / Heaving up my either hand; […]1647–1648, Robert Herrick, “[Noble Numbers.] Another Grace for a Child.”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Complete Poems of Robert Herrick. […] (Early English Poets), volume III, London...

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