heave
/ˈhiːv/ verbe C1En français : hisser
- To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). · We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.· He hove himself out of the bed.
- To throw, cast. · They hove rocks into the pond.· The cap'n hove the body overboard.
- To rise and fall. · Her chest heaved with emotion.
- To utter with effort. · She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
- To pull up with a rope or cable. · Heave up the anchor there, boys!
- To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. · 17 June, 1857, Edward Everett, The Statue of Warren the heaving sods of Bunker Hill
- To displace (a vein, stratum).
- To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation. · to heave the ship ahead
He/she/it heaves · Prétérit heaved · Participe passé heaved · Forme en -ing heaving
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque
The draught produced a galvanic effect, a violent trembling pervaded the old man’s limbs, his eyes opened until it was fearful to gaze upon them, he heaved a sigh which resembled a shriek, and then his convulsed body returned gradually to its former immobility, the eyes remaining open.
The light was so faint in the room that Albert did not perceive the pallor that spread itself over the count’s visage, or the nervous heaving of his chest and shoulders.
Monte Cristo, with moistened eye, heaving breast, and lips half open, extended to Albert a hand which the latter pressed with a sentiment resembling respectful fear.
He returned to Mercédès with tears in his eyes and heaving breast, and without uttering a word he gave her the letter.
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