Heave or heaving may refer to: *

Heave (translational motion) Ship motions are the six degrees of freedom that a ship, boat, or other watercraft can experience. Reference axes The ''flight control surfaces#Vertical axis, vertical/Z axis'', or ''yaw axis'', is an imaginary line running vertically thr ...

, one of the translational degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing motion along the vertical axis (to move up or down) *

Heaving to In sailing, heaving to (to heave to and to be hove to) is a way of slowing a sailing vessel's forward progress, as well as fixing the helm and sail positions so that the vessel does not have to be steered. It is commonly used for a "break"; this ...

or 'heave to', a way of slowing a sailing vessel's forward progress *

Hiv, Iran Hiv () is a village in, and the capital of, Hiv Rural District in the Central District of Savojbolagh County, Alborz province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 8,061 in 2,2 ...

(romanized as Heave), a village in Alborz Province, Iran * Heave, a slang term for the act of

vomiting Vomiting (also known as emesis, puking and throwing up) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Vomiting can be the result of ailments like food poisoning, gastroenteritis, pre ...

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