heave – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of heave

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youheave into view
weLet's heave into view
youheave into view

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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