Past tense and past participle of heave; lifted or threw something with effort, or breathed heavily.
From Old English 'hebban,' related to German 'heben,' meaning to lift or raise. The verb has existed for over a thousand years with remarkably stable meaning.
The verb 'heave' is irregular (heave-hove-heaved), and nautical tradition prefers 'hove' over 'heaved,' creating a split where landlubbers say 'heaved' but sailors say 'hove'—a rare instance where register genuinely changes irregular verb forms.
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