Heave

hev, v. t. limp, heaved (hevd) or hove (hov); p. ])• heaved, sometimes hoven (hov'n); heaving.] To move upward, lift; to raise, elevate; to throw, cast, send; to force from or into any position; to throw off; to raise or force from the breast. — v. i. To be thrown up, be raised; to rise and fall with a alternate motions, as the bosom in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, etc.; to swell, dilate, distend; to labor, pant; to make an effort to vomit, retch. — n. An upward motion; swell or distention, as of the breast, waves, etc.; an effort to raise up something, as the contents of the stomach, etc. (Geo!.) A horizontal dislocation in a lode, at an intersection with another lode. pi. A disease of horses characterized by difficult breathing.—Heav'y, -T, a. Having the heaves. — Heavy, hev't, a. [-ier, -iest.]