Heave

Morpheme

Heave

Type

free base

Denotation

lift, raise

Etymology

Middle English heven, hebben; Old English hebban

Evidence

heave, heaved, heaveless, heaver, heaves, heaving, heavy, overheave, upheaval, upheave, upheaved, upheaves, upheaving

Notes

<Heave + -y> denoting “having the heaves” is a homograph of <Heav + -y>

See Also

Hove, Heft, Have, Heav