An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.

A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

(nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.

An effort to vomit; retching.

(rare, only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.

(cricket) A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory

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

(transitive) To throw, cast.

(intransitive) To rise and fall.

(transitive) To utter with effort.

(transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.

(intransitive) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

(transitive, mining, geology) To displace (a vein, stratum).

(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

(intransitive) To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

(intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.