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    HEAVE UP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lift or elevateplay

    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

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