HEAVE

I. verb (~d or hove; heaving) Etymology: Middle English heven, from Old English hebban; akin to Old High German hevan to lift, Latin capere to take Date: before 12th century transitive verb elevate , lift , raise , throw , cast , 4. to cause to swell or rise, to displace (as a rock stratum) especially by a fault, to utter with obvious effort or with a deep breath , haul , draw , intransitive verb labor , struggle , retch , 3. to rise and fall rhythmically, pant , 4. pull , push , to move a ship in a specified direction or manner, to move in an indicated way , to rise or become thrown or raised up, see: lift ~r noun II. noun Date: circa 1571 1. an effort to ~ or raise, hurl , cast , an upward motion ; rising , horizontal displacement especially by the faulting of a rock, chronic pulmonary emphysema of the horse resulting in difficult expiration, heaving of the flanks, and a persistent cough