heaves

«heaves» in Mova's school dictionary: Lifts, pulls or throws something heavy with great effort — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (heave, heaves, heaved, heaving — sailors also use hove); noun (plural of heave; the heaves)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) Lifts, pulls or throws something heavy with great effort. tree →

2) (verb) Rises and falls strongly, like the sea or someone's chest when breathing hard. tree →

3) (verb, with sigh) «Heaves a sigh» means lets out a big, deep sigh. tree →

4) (verb) Tries to be sick; retches. tree →

5) (noun) Big efforts to pull or lift; «the heaves» (informal) means retching. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and everyday life: «he heaves the sack onto his back», «she heaves a sigh of relief», «the sea heaves». In PE, team games like tug-of-war use «Heave!» for a big pull. Sailors shout «Heave ho!»

examples

• He heaves the heavy box onto the shelf. tree →
• The sea heaves and rolls in the storm. tree →
• Mum heaves a sigh of relief when we get home. tree →
• The barge-woman heaves Toad into the canal. tree →
• «One, two, three — heave!» shouted the tug-of-war captain. tree →
• After the fairground ride, Sam gets the heaves. tree →
• His chest heaves as he finishes the race. tree →

note

Third-person form of «heave»: he heaves, she heaves. Past: heaved (usually); «hove» is used by sailors («hove into view» = came into sight). Sense 4 is about feeling sick; say «retching» in science.

In the corpora

• Then he heaves a long, long sigh, flattens his hair down neatly, and goes quietly downstairs to his guests.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heaves» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.