Definition of heave

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Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..

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Nadir :: Nadir (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand..
Corona :: Corona (n.) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle..
Life :: Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..
Celestial :: Celestial (a.) Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens..
Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude..
Saint :: Saint (n.) One of the blessed in heaven.
Hoven :: Hoven () p. p. of Heave.
Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon..
Gag :: Gag (v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.
Antisolar :: Antisolar (a.) Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180¡ distant from the sun.
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
Centaur :: Centaur (n.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..
Lituus :: Lituus (n.) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.
Heaved :: Heaved (p. p.) of Heav.
Heavenward :: Heavenward (a & adv.) Toward heaven.
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..
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