heave+in+sight

  • 21sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 22sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 23sight — See: at first glance or at first sight, at sight or on sight, catch sight of, heave in sight, lose sight of, on sight, set one s sights …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 24heave — [hi:v] verb (past and past participle heaved or chiefly Nautical hove) 1》 lift or haul (a heavy thing) with great effort.     ↘informal throw (something heavy). 2》 produce (a sigh). 3》 rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically. 4》 make an… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25heave in/into sight — see ↑heave, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑sight …

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  • 26heave — [hēv] vt. HEAVED or (esp. Naut.) hove, heaving, heaved [ME heven < OE hebban, akin to Ger heben (Goth hafjan) < IE base * kap , to seize, grasp > HAVE, L capere] 1. to raise or lift, esp. with effort 2. a) to lift in this …

    English World dictionary

  • 27To heave at — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [1913 Webster] The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28To heave up — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [1913 Webster] The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29heave — [[t]hi͟ːv[/t]] (The forms heaves, heaving, heaved are used for meanings 1 to 4, and for the phrasal verb. The forms heaves, heaving, hove are used for meaning 5.) 1) VERB If you heave something heavy or difficult to move somewhere, you push, pull …

    English dictionary

  • 30heave — [[t]hiv[/t]] v. heaved (esp. Naut.)hove; heav•ing; 1) to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax[/ex] 2) to throw, esp. to lift and throw with effort or force: to heave a stone through a window[/ex] 3) Naut. naut. navig. to …

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