heave – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of heave

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to heave in view
Participle: heaved in view
Gerund: heaving in view

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iheave in view
youheave in view
he;she;itheaves in view
weheave in view
youheave in view
theyheave in view

Perfect

Ihave heaved in view; hove in view
youhave heaved in view; hove in view
he;she;ithas heaved in view; hove in view
wehave heaved in view; hove in view
youhave heaved in view; hove in view
theyhave heaved in view; hove in view

Past

Iheaved in view
youheaved in view
he;she;itheaved in view
weheaved in view
youheaved in view
theyheaved in view

Pluperfect

Ihad heaved in view; hove in view
youhad heaved in view; hove in view
he;she;ithad heaved in view; hove in view
wehad heaved in view; hove in view
youhad heaved in view; hove in view
theyhad heaved in view; hove in view

Future

Iwill heave in view
youwill heave in view
he;she;itwill heave in view
wewill heave in view
youwill heave in view
theywill heave in view

Future Perfect

Iwill have heaved in view; hove in view
youwill have heaved in view; hove in view
he;she;itwill have heaved in view; hove in view
wewill have heaved in view; hove in view
youwill have heaved in view; hove in view
theywill have heaved in view; hove in view

Subjunctive

Present

Iheave in view
youheave in view
he;she;itheave in view
weheave in view
youheave in view
theyheave in view

Perfect

Ihave heaved in view; hove in view
youhave heaved in view; hove in view
he;she;ithave heaved in view; hove in view
wehave heaved in view; hove in view
youhave heaved in view; hove in view
theyhave heaved in view; hove in view

Imperfect

Iheaved in view
youheaved in view
he;she;itheaved in view
weheaved in view
youheaved in view
theyheaved in view

Pluperfect

Ihad heaved in view; hove in view
youhad heaved in view; hove in view
he;she;ithad heaved in view; hove in view
wehad heaved in view; hove in view
youhad heaved in view; hove in view
theyhad heaved in view; hove in view

Conditional

Present

Iwould heave in view
youwould heave in view
he;she;itwould heave in view
wewould heave in view
youwould heave in view
theywould heave in view

Perfect

Iwould have heaved in view; hove in view
youwould have heaved in view; hove in view
he;she;itwould have heaved in view; hove in view
wewould have heaved in view; hove in view
youwould have heaved in view; hove in view
theywould have heaved in view; hove in view

Imperative

youheave in view
weLet's heave in view
youheave in view

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam heaving in view
youare heaving in view
he;she;itis heaving in view
weare heaving in view
youare heaving in view
theyare heaving in view

Perfect

Ihave been heaving in view
youhave been heaving in view
he;she;ithas been heaving in view
wehave been heaving in view
youhave been heaving in view
theyhave been heaving in view

Past

Iwas heaving in view
youwere heaving in view
he;she;itwas heaving in view
wewere heaving in view
youwere heaving in view
theywere heaving in view

Pluperfect

Ihad been heaving in view
youhad been heaving in view
he;she;ithad been heaving in view
wehad been heaving in view
youhad been heaving in view
theyhad been heaving in view

Future

Iwill be heaving in view
youwill be heaving in view
he;she;itwill be heaving in view
wewill be heaving in view
youwill be heaving in view
theywill be heaving in view

Future Perfect

Iwill have been heaving in view
youwill have been heaving in view
he;she;itwill have been heaving in view
wewill have been heaving in view
youwill have been heaving in view
theywill have been heaving in view

Conditional

Present

Iwould be heaving in view
youwould be heaving in view
he;she;itwould be heaving in view
wewould be heaving in view
youwould be heaving in view
theywould be heaving in view

Perfect

Iwould have been heaving in view
youwould have been heaving in view
he;she;itwould have been heaving in view
wewould have been heaving in view
youwould have been heaving in view
theywould have been heaving in view

Other

Verbs similar to 'heave'

deave, have, heaven, heavy, helve, leave, reave, sheave, weave, behave,

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. hebban "to lift, raise" (class VI strong verb; past tense hof, pp. hafen), from P.Gmc. *khafjanan (cf. O.N. hefja, Du. heffen, Ger. heben, Goth. hafjan), from PIE *kap- "seize;" related to O.E. habban "to hold, possess." Sense of "retch, make an effort to vomit" is first attested 1601. Nautical heave-ho was a chant in lifting.
2. From Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, from the root *kap-. See also have.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with West Frisian heffe, Dutch heffen ("to raise", "to lift"), German heben ("to raise", "to lift"), Danish hæve ("to raise", "to lift"), Albanian kap (“to grasp, seize”), Old Irish cáin (“law, tribute”), cacht (“prisoner”), Latin capiō (“to take”), Latvian kàmpt (“to seize”), Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”), κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”)).
5. (To lift, to raise): Compare typologically Russian поднима́ть (podnimátʹ), подня́ть (podnjátʹ) (akin to има́ть (imátʹ), име́ть (imétʹ) < Proto-Slavic *jьmati, *jьměti). See: Middle English 'heven', Old English 'hebban', Proto-Germanic '*habjaną', Proto-Indo-European '*kapyéti', Dutch 'heffen', German, old spelling 'heben', Danish 'hæve', Albanian 'kap', Latin 'capiō'.

Verbs referencing "heave"

English havoc, Danish hive, Norwegian, nynorsk hive, German, old spelling heben, Icelandic hefja, Norwegian, nynorsk hevja, Danish hæve, Finnish with old forms heivata, German, old spelling hieven, German, Pennsylvania hewe, Swedish häva, Luxembourgish hiewen, Norwegian, nynorsk hiva, Swedish hiva, Norwegian, nynorsk heve, Norwegian, nynorsk heva, Cimbrian höoban, Norwegian, nynorsk hevje.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] done that, she takes a deep dive into the water. Before she has gained the surface, she throws a summerset. The instant she is on her legs, she rushes backward. And so she goes on staggering, heaving, wrestling, leaping, diving, jumping, pitching, throbbing, rolling, and rocking: and going through all these movements, sometimes by turns, and sometimes altogether: until one feels disposed to roar [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] after some driving on towards an uncomfortable line of objects (whose vicinity had been announced very early in the disaster by a loud cry of ‘Breakers a-head ! ’ ) and much backing of paddles, and heaving of the lead into a constantly decreasing depth of water, we dropped anchor in a strange outlandish-looking nook which nobody on board could recognise, although there was land all about us, and so [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] see the wreathing water in the rapids hurrying on to take its fearful plunge; to linger in the shadow of the solemn rocks three miles below; watching the river as, stirred by no visible cause, it heaved and eddied and awoke the echoes, being troubled yet, far down beneath the surface, by its giant leap; to have Niagara before me, lighted by the sun and by the moon, red in the day 's decline, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • This is an age of the world when nations are trembling and convulsed. A mighty influence is abroad, surging and heaving the world, as with an earthquake. And is America safe ? Every nation that carries in its bosom great and unredressed injustice has in it the elements of this last convulsion. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)