hove

To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.

To wait, linger.

To move on or by.

To remain; delay.

To remain stationary (usually on horseback).

To raise; lift; hold up.

To rise.

To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

“We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.”

To throw, cast.

“The cap'n hove the body overboard.”

To rise and fall.

“Her chest heaved with emotion.”

To utter with effort.

“She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.”

To pull up with a rope or cable.

“Heave up the anchor there, boys!”

To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

To displace (a vein, stratum).

To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

“The wind heaved the waves.”

To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

“to heave the ship ahead”

To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

“The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.”

To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

To rob; to steal from; to plunder.