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Look up: heave

  1. Heave
    the partial lifting of a plant out of the soil as a result of alternating freezing and thawing of the soil.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20003

  2. Heave
    (1) The vertical rise or fall of the waves or the sea. (2) The translational movement of a craft parallel to its vertical axis. (3) The net transport of a floating body resulting from wave action.
    Found on http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces

  3. heave
    [n] - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling) 2. [n] - (geology) a horizontal dislocation 3. [n] - the act of lifting something with great effort 4. [n] - an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting 5. [n] - throwing something heavy (with great effort)...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. heave
    the vertical motion of a ship due to the range of waves Category: Electrical engineering and energy • Bring vessel to rest with head to wind. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • motion of an aircraft,relative to the ambient undisturbed ai...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Heave
    Heave (hēv) transitive verb [ imperfect Heaved (hēvd), or Hove (hōv); past participle Heaved , Hove , formerly Hoven (hō'v'n);
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/24

  6. Heave
    Heave (hēv) intransitive verb 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. « And the huge columns heave into the sky.» Pope. « Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/24

  7. Heave
    Heave noun 1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. « After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves.» Hudibras. 2. An upward motion; a rising; a s...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/24

  8. heave
    1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land. ... Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense. ... 2. To throw; to cast; o...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. heave
    heaving noun throwing something heavy (with great effort); `he gave it a mighty heave`; `he was not good at heaving passes`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. heave
    noun (geology) a horizontal dislocation
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. heave
    heave up verb lift or elevate
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. heave
    buckle verb bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; `The highway buckled during the heat wave`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. heave
    verb utter a sound, as with obvious effort; `She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. heave
    noun an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; `a bad case of the heaves`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. heave
    verb make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. Heave
    • (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. • (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. • (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. • (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. heave
    (from the article `ship`) ...sway (sideways motion). More generally, motions are possible in all six degrees of freedom, the other four being roll (rotation about a ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/29

  18. Heave
    Heave is American slang for to vomit.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. Heave
    Heave is American slang for to vomit.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. Heave
    In geology, a heave is a horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. heave
    To throw a line, or to pull strongly.
    Found on http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-ter

  22. Heave
    To throw, as to heave a line ashore. The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.
    Found on http://www.yachtdeliveryasia.com/glossar

  23. Heave
    A vessel's transient, vertical, up-and-down motion.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of

  24. Heave
    A vessel's transient, vertical, up-and-down motion.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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