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HEAVE UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lift or elevate
Synonyms:
heave; heave up; heft; heft up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "heave up" is one way to...):
lift (take hold of something and move it to a different location)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heave up"):
upheave (lift forcefully from beneath)
weigh anchor; weigh the anchor (heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
