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heave
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.
To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
"We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing."
To throw, cast.
"The cap'n hove the body overboard."
To rise and fall.
"Her chest heaved with emotion."
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