(weak) to heave (lift and move something with great difficulty)
(weak) to heave (pull up with a rope)
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhiːfən/
Etymology
Ca. 1800, in nautical parlance, thus perhaps through Low German, eventually from English heave, from Middle English heven, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan. Doublet of heben and kapieren.