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heave

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Is heave a Scrabble word?

Yes, heave is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of heave?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).Examples: "We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing."; "He hove himself out of the bed."Synonyms: heft, upheavetransitive

2. (transitive) To throw, cast.Examples: "They hove rocks into the pond."; "The cap'n hove the body overboard."Synonyms: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dashtransitive

3. (intransitive) To rise and fall.Examples: "Her chest heaved with emotion."; "Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves."; "the heaving plain of ocean"intransitive

4. (transitive) To utter with effort.Examples: "She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window."; "The wretched animal heaved forth such groans."transitive

5. (transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.Examples: "Heave up the anchor there, boys!"Synonyms: hoist, pulley, teagletransitive

6. (transitive, archaic) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.Examples: "Here a little child I stand, / Heaving up my either hand; […]"archaictransitive

noun (English)

1. (countable) An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.Examples: "We gave one more heave and the wall toppled over at last."; "July made no reply but that of a sigh. For she was thinking of the heave she must make to see herself lifted from the ground."countable

2. (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time.countableuncountable

3. (rare, only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.Examples: "The dust would have to be watched out for with a heave horse, and most alfalfa hay..."; "The late stage is recognized by horse people as the true "heave" horse and at this stage most of the airways are partially or completely obstructed."; "The bay horse was straining at the time the picture was taken, making its heave line more noticeable."attributivecountablerareuncountable

4. (cricket) A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectoryExamples: "That left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune."countableuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "heave"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "heave"?

Scrabble
11 points
H4
E1
A1
V4
E1
Words With Friends
11 points
H3
E1
A1
V4
E1

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