Sentences with heave to
heave to
H h - Captain Cornish repeated his order to heave to. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- Heave the anchor cable!
- The ship heaved and rolled in the swelling sea.
- He sat there heaving and puffing from the effort.
- The ground heaved and small fissures appeared for miles around.
- Heave about; heave alongside; heave in stays.
- The ship hove in sight as dawn began to break.
- To heave a heavy ax.
- To heave an anchor overboard; to heave a stone through a window.
- To heave a vessel aback.
- To heave a sigh.
- To heave one's chest.
- He heaved his breakfast before noon.