heave
gb/hˈiv/ us/hˈiv/
B2
Αγγλικά
~ 10000
tuszkol, vonszol, hajít, hullámzik, hömpölyög, öklendezik, hány, zihál, emelkedik-süllyed, nekirugaszkodás, rántás, hullámzás, emelkedés-süllyedés, öklendezés
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to heave [something] [direction/place]
He heaved the suitcase into the overhead locker.
Feltuszkolta a bőröndöt a fej fölötti csomagtartóba.
They heaved the broken sofa out onto the street.
Kituszkolták a törött kanapét az utcára.
She grabbed the handle and heaved the door open.
The workers heaved on the rope until the car was free.
Exhausted, he heaved himself up the last few steps.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
He heaved the heavy box onto the table.
Feltuszkolta a nehéz dobozt az asztalra.
Two men heaved the piano into the truck.
Két férfi feltuszkolta a zongorát a teherautóra.
She heaved the door open with both hands.
They heaved the boat onto the beach.
He was so tired that he could barely heave himself out of the chair.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners often use "heave" as a normal word for "lift" in all situations. In modern English, "heave" is usually used only when something is clearly heavy or the effort is strong; in everyday speech, people more often say "lift".
Σημασία
Lift or pull something heavy
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
heave the box
|heave the door open
|heave on the rope
|heave the suitcase into the car
|heave himself up
|with a mighty heave
Συνώνυμα
lift (More general and common; does not always suggest great effort the way "heave" does.)
|
haul (Emphasizes pulling something heavy, often over a distance, while "heave" can be one big lift or pull.)
Αντώνυμα
lower (Describes moving something down gently, while "heave" usually describes moving something up or away with force.)
Θέματα
daily life
|physical actions
|daily_life
|work
Ορισμός
To lift or pull something heavy with a lot of effort, often in one big movement.
To lift, pull, or otherwise move something that is heavy, usually with a lot of physical effort, often in one strong movement.
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
2
hajít
B2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to heave [something] [direction]
He heaved the ball as far as he could.
Olyan messzire hajította a labdát, amilyen messzire csak tudta.
Someone had heaved a rock through the window.
Valaki követ hajított be az ablakon.
She heaved the bag over the fence and climbed after it.
The protester heaved a brick at the police van.
He angrily heaved his phone onto the bed.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
He heaved the stone into the river.
Belehajította a követ a folyóba.
She heaved the heavy bag onto the bus.
Felhajította a nehéz táskát a buszra.
The boy heaved the ball over the wall.
They heaved the old TV onto the pile of trash.
He heaved the broken chair out of the room.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes use "heave" to mean any kind of throw. In natural speech, "heave" usually suggests that the throw needs a lot of effort, or that the throw is rough or careless.
Σημασία
Throw something with force
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
heave a brick
|heave the ball
|heave it over the fence
|heave the bag into the truck
|heave the rock aside
Συνώνυμα
hurl (Very close in meaning, but "hurl" does not as strongly suggest that the object is heavy.)
|
lob (Describes a high, often slower throw; "heave" suggests more raw effort and force.)
Αντώνυμα
catch (Describes receiving a thrown object, which is the opposite side of the same action that "heave" describes.)
Θέματα
daily life
|sports
|daily_life
Ορισμός
To throw something hard, often something big or heavy.
To throw or fling something with great force, often something large or heavy.
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
3
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[something] heaves up and down
The sea heaved beneath the small fishing boat.
A tenger hullámzott a kis halászhajó alatt.
The crowd heaved forward as the gates opened.
A tömeg előrehömpölygött, amikor kinyíltak a kapuk.
The ground heaved during the earthquake.
The ship heaved and rolled in the storm.
In the darkness, he could feel the deck heaving under his feet.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The small boat moved as the sea heaved.
A kis csónak ringott, ahogy hullámzott a tenger.
The waves heaved up and down all night.
A hullámok egész éjjel fel-le hullámzottak.
The ship heaved in the strong wind.
During the quake, the floor seemed to heave under us.
The crowd heaved forward when the doors opened.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes think "heave" only means "lift". In this sense, it does not mean "lift"; it means that something large moves up and down or back and forth, often again and again.
Σημασία
Move up and down repeatedly
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
the sea heaved
|ground heaving
|chest heaving up and down
|heave and roll
|the ship heaved in the waves
Συνώνυμα
heave and swell (A fixed pairing that emphasizes the repeated up-and-down movement of waves or a surface.)
|
surge (Focuses more on a sudden strong movement, while "heave" often suggests slower, heavy, rhythmic motion.)
Αντώνυμα
stay still (Describes the absence of any movement, the opposite of the repeated motion in "heave".)
Θέματα
nature
|physical actions
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
To move up and down in a slow, strong way, like the sea or the ground.
To move up and down or back and forth in a slow, heavy, or powerful way, especially in large masses such as water, land, or a crowd.
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
4
öklendezik
B2
hány
A2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to heave (up) [something]
The smell was so bad it made him heave.
A szag olyan rossz volt, hogy öklendezni kezdett tőle.
He leaned over the rail and heaved up his lunch.
Áthajolt a korláton, és kihányta az ebédjét.
She began to heave but nothing came out.
The drunk man staggered to the side of the road and heaved.
I thought I was going to heave right there in the taxi.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The food was so bad that he started to heave.
Az étel olyan rossz volt, hogy öklendezni kezdett.
She ran to the bathroom and heaved into the toilet.
Berohant a fürdőszobába, és a vécébe hányt.
He leaned over the sink and heaved up his dinner.
The smell of the garbage made me want to heave.
The sick child began to heave again and again.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse this with the lifting sense and write things like *"he heaved the food"* without context. When "heave" means "vomit", it is usually clear from the situation (sickness, smell, alcohol) or from phrases like "heave up" or "dry heave".
Σημασία
Vomit or retch forcefully
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
heave violently
|heave up his breakfast
|start to heave
|dry heave
|heave over the side
Συνώνυμα
vomit (More medical and neutral; "heave" can also describe the physical movement when almost vomiting.)
|
throw up (Common informal phrase; "heave" sounds slightly more descriptive and physical.)
Αντώνυμα
keep down (In this context, means managing not to vomit the food or drink you have swallowed.)
Θέματα
health
|body
Ορισμός
To throw up food or liquid from your stomach, or to try to throw up with strong movements.
To bring food or liquid up from the stomach and out of the mouth, or to make the strong, unpleasant movements of vomiting even if nothing comes out.
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
5
zihál
B1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[chest/shoulders] heave with [emotion/effort]
Her chest heaved as she tried to stop crying.
Emelkedett-süllyedt a mellkasa, miközben próbálta abbahagyni a sírást.
He lay on the ground, lungs heaving after the race.
A verseny után a földön feküdt, és zihált.
The child’s shoulders heaved with silent sobs.
She stood there, heaving with laughter.
His chest heaved as he took in deep, shaky breaths.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
After the run, his chest was heaving.
A futás után hevesen emelkedett-süllyedt a mellkasa.
Her shoulders heaved as she cried.
Rázkódott a válla, ahogy sírt.
He sat on the floor, heaving with laughter.
The boy’s chest heaved with every breath.
She was so scared that her chest began to heave.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes use only "breathe" or "cry" where English often uses "heave" to show strong feeling, as in "her chest heaved" or "he was heaving with sobs". "Heave" adds the idea of strong physical movement.
Σημασία
Breathe with deep, heavy breaths
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
chest heaving
|shoulders heaving
|heave with sobs
|heave with laughter
|heave a deep sigh
Συνώνυμα
pant (Focuses on fast breathing after effort; "heave" stresses the strong up-and-down movement and emotion.)
|
sob (Focuses on the crying sound; "heave" focuses on the body movement that goes with intense crying.)
Αντώνυμα
breathe steadily (Describes calm, regular breathing, the opposite of the heavy or emotional breathing in "heave".)
Θέματα
emotions
|body
|health
Ορισμός
To breathe very hard so that your chest or body moves up and down, often because you are tired, crying, or very upset.
Of a person or animal, to breathe in a deep, heavy, or irregular way so that the chest or shoulders move noticeably, often because of strong emotion or physical effort.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
B2
6
rántás
B1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
with a heave of [something]
With a mighty heave, they dragged the car out of the ditch.
Egy hatalmas nekirugaszkodással kihúzták az autót az árokból.
It took three strong heaves to get the wardrobe up the stairs.
Három erős nekirugaszkodás kellett, hogy felvigyék a szekrényt a lépcsőn.
He gave the door a hard heave and it finally opened.
On the count of three, everyone gave one last heave.
The box moved a little with each heave.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
With one big heave, they moved the table.
Egy nagy nekirugaszkodással odébb tették az asztalt.
He gave the rope a strong heave.
Rántott egy nagyot a kötélen.
It took two heaves to lift the box.
She opened the window with a hard heave.
They pulled the boat up the beach with several heaves.
Σημασία
Strong pull or lift
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
with a mighty heave
|give it one last heave
|a good heave
|with a single heave
Συνώνυμα
heave-ho (Informal phrase often used together with a strong pull, sometimes as a shout; the noun "heave" is the neutral description of the action.)
Αντώνυμα
gentle lift (Describes a light, easy lifting motion, opposite to the strong, effortful motion in a "heave".)
Θέματα
daily life
|physical actions
|daily_life
|work
Ορισμός
One big, strong movement when you lift or pull something heavy.
A single strong movement of lifting or pulling something, usually something heavy and with a lot of effort.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
C1
7
hullámzás
B2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
the heave of [sea/chest/ground]
He felt the slow heave of the sea beneath the deck.
Érezte a tenger lassú hullámzását a hajó alatt.
Her breathing was shallow, with only the faint heave of her chest.
Légzése felületes volt, mellkasa alig észrevehetően emelkedett-süllyedt.
The gentle heave of the boat made him sleepy.
With every sob came a violent heave of her shoulders.
The room seemed to move with the heave of the earthquake.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
We could feel the heave of the ship in the storm.
Érezni lehetett a hajó hullámzását a viharban.
The heave of his chest showed that he was alive.
Mellkasának emelkedése-süllyedése mutatta, hogy életben van.
The soft heave of the waves rocked the boat.
I watched the slow heave of her breathing.
The ground had a strange heave during the quake.
Σημασία
Slow up-and-down movement
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
the heave of the sea
|the heave of her chest
|the steady heave
|a great heave and roll
Συνώνυμα
swell (Often used for the sea; "heave" suggests a heavier, sometimes rougher movement.)
Αντώνυμα
calm (Describes a state without noticeable movement, which contrasts with the up-and-down heave.)
Θέματα
nature
|body
Ορισμός
A slow, strong up-and-down movement, like the sea or someone’s chest moving.
A slow, heavy, or powerful up-and-down movement, especially of the sea, land, or a person’s chest or shoulders.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
C1
8
öklendezés
B2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
a heave of [the stomach/shoulders]
He doubled over with a series of painful heaves.
Egymást követő fájdalmas öklendezésektől görnyedt össze.
After a few dry heaves, the feeling finally passed.
Néhány száraz öklendezés után az érzés végül elmúlt.
She woke in the night with violent heaves and stomach cramps.
His body shook with each heave over the toilet.
The heaves left him weak and shaking.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The sick man shook with every heave.
A beteg ember minden egyes öklendezésnél megrázkódott.
After a few dry heaves, she felt better.
Néhány száraz öklendezés után jobban lett.
His heaves were loud and painful.
Each heave made his stomach hurt more.
The child had many heaves but did not bring anything up.
Σημασία
Movement when retching or vomiting
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
dry heaves
|a violent heave
|another heave
|heaves of nausea
Συνώνυμα
retch (More often used as a verb; as a noun, "heave" often appears in the fixed phrase "dry heaves".)
Αντώνυμα
steady stomach (Informal opposite idea: not feeling the need to vomit, so there are no heaves.)
Θέματα
health
|body
Ορισμός
One strong movement of the body when a person is throwing up or trying to throw up.
A single strong movement of the body when someone is vomiting or trying to vomit, often repeated again and again.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
heave
IPA
GB/hˈiv/
US/hˈiv/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
heave (1 συλλαβή)
Stress on 1st syllable (heave)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: heave
- Plural: heaves
Verb
- Base: heave
- 3rd Person Singular: heaves
- Present Participle: heaving
- Past: heaved, hove
- Past Participle: hove
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
heaves
noun
heaving
verb
heaved
verb
hove
verb
Related words
upheaval
noun C1
Κύρια σημεία
- Irregular past participle: hove Verb
Εκφράσεις
dry heaves
3/dɹˈaɪ hˈivz/
idiom
Repeated retching without vomiting
Strong, repeated movements as if you are going to vomit, but nothing comes out.
Παραδείγματα
- He spent half the night with dry heaves.
- The medicine upset her stomach and gave her dry heaves.
- After a few dry heaves, the feeling of nausea slowly faded.
give someone the heave-ho
4/ɡˈɪv sˈʌmwˌʌn ðə hˈiv hˈoʊ/
idiom
informal
Dismiss or get rid of someone
To remove someone from a job or to end a romantic relationship with them, often suddenly.
Παραδείγματα
- After three months of poor sales, they gave him the heave-ho.
- She finally gave her cheating boyfriend the heave-ho.
- Anyone who breaks the rules will get the heave-ho.
heave into view
5/hˈiv ˈɪntu vjˈu/
fixed phrase
Appear slowly and heavily
To come slowly into sight, especially when something big or heavy can finally be seen.
Παραδείγματα
- A large ferry finally heaved into view through the fog.
- After an hour of waiting, the island heaved into view on the horizon.
- The truck heaved into view at the top of the hill.
heave to
6/hˈiv tə/
phrasal verb
technical
Stop or slow a sailing vessel
To bring a sailing boat or ship almost to a stop by turning it in a special way against the wind.
Παραδείγματα
- The captain ordered the ship to heave to during the storm.
- We had to heave to and wait for the fog to clear.
- The yacht heaved to about a mile off the coast.
heave up
2/hˈiv ˈʌp/
phrasal verb
informal
Vomit, throw up
To bring food or drink up from your stomach and out of your mouth; to throw up.
Παραδείγματα
- He ran to the bushes and heaved up his lunch.
- I thought I was going to heave up right there on the bus.
- She had food poisoning and spent the night heaving up everything.
heave a sigh
1/hˈiv ə sˈaɪ/
fixed phrase
Let out a loud sigh
To let out a long, loud breath to show a feeling, such as relief, sadness, or tiredness.
Παραδείγματα
- She heaved a sigh before starting her speech.
- She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw her exam result.
- He heaved a sigh when he saw the long queue.
- He just heaved a long sigh and walked away.
- The crowd heaved a collective sigh when the game finally ended.