heave

C2+ Topic:Verbs of Movement

US /hiv/ UK /hiːv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to lift or throw with great effort; to rise and fall

They heaved the heavy crate onto the truck.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to lift or throw with great... hoist lift haul hurl throw raise

Opposites

lower drop push

Word family

Derived forms heaverheavingheaved

Related forms heavy upheaval

Common collocations

frost heave Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English heven, from Old English hebban ('to lift, raise'), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh2p- ('to grasp, seize').

hebban Old English *habjaną Proto-Germanic *keh2p- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Verbs of Movement

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# heave

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /hiv/
**IPA (UK):** /hiːv/

## Meanings
1. to lift or throw with great effort; to rise and fall

## Examples
- They heaved the heavy crate onto the truck.

## Synonyms
- hoist
- lift
- haul
- hurl
- throw
- raise

## Antonyms
- lower
- drop
- push

## Derived Forms
- heaver
- heaving
- heaved

## Related Forms
- heavy
- upheaval

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hebban
- Root: *habjaną
- Root: *keh2p-

## Etymology
From Middle English heven, from Old English hebban ('to lift, raise'), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh2p- ('to grasp, seize').

## AI Etymology
Heave is from Middle English heven, from Old English hebban ('to lift, raise'), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh2p- ('to grasp, seize'). In present-day use, it means to lift or throw with great effort; to rise and fall. Derived formations include heaver, heaving, and heaved. Related vocabulary includes heavy and upheaval.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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