(colloquial) A period of retching. / A disease of horses characterized by coughing and difficult breathing; broken wind.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heave

plural of heave

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heave to

To stop (a seagoing vessel). / (nautical) To back-wind the jib and luff the main to hold a position especially in heavy seas.

An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). / (transitive) To throw, cast. / (intransitive) To rise and fall. / (transitive) To utter with effort.

(informal) Crowded with people.

An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.

present participle of heave