English-Thai Dictionary
heave
VT ทุ่ม เหวี่ยง tum
heave
VT ลาก ชัก ดึง สาว drag haul pull nudge push shove lak
heave at
PHRV ชัก ดึง สาว ลาก chak
heave in sight
PHRV ปรากฏ ขึ้น โผล่ ให้ เห็น โผล่ มา pra-kod-kuen
heave on
PHRV ชัก ดึง สาว ลาก chak
heave short
PHRV ถอนสมอ (การ แล่น เรือ ดึง สมอ ขึ้น ton-sa-mon
heave up
PHRV ลาก ขึ้นมา กู้ ขึ้นมา lak-kuan-ma
heaven
N สวรรค์ สรวงสวรรค์ empyrean paradise nirvana hell inferno underworld sa-wan
heavenly
ADJ ที่ วิเศษ ที่ เยี่ยมยอด delightful splendid sublime average ordinary terrible ti-wi-sad
heavenly-minded
A ที่ เคร่ง ศาสนา ที่ ธรรมะธัมโม
heavenward
ADV ไป สู่ สวรรค์
heaver
N สิ่ง ที่ นูน หรือ ขยาย ขึ้น
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HEAVE
v.t.heev. pret. heaved, or hove; pp. heaved, hove, formerly hoven. [Gr. to breathe. ] 1. To lift; to raise; to move upward.
So stretch'd out huge in length the arch fiend lay,
Chain'd on the burning lake, nor ever hence
Had ris'n, or heaved his head.
2. To cause to swell.
The glittering finny swarms
That heave our friths and crowd upon our shores.
3. To raise or force from the breast; as, to heave a sigh or groan, which is accompanied with a swelling or expansion of the thorax.
4. To raise; to elevate; with high.
One heaved on high.
5. To puff; to elate.
6. To throw; to cast; to send; as, to heave a stone. This is a common use of the word in popular language, and among seamen; as, to heave the lead.
7. To raise by turning a windlass; with up; as, to heave up the anchor. Hence,
8. To turn a windlass or capstern with bars or levers. Hence the order, to heave away.
To heave ahead, to draw ship forwards.
To heave astern, to cause to recede; to draw back.
To heave down, to throw or lay down on one side; to careen.
To heave out, to throw out. With seamen, to loose or unfurl a sail, particularly the stay-sails.
To heave in stays, in tacking, to bring a ship's head to the wind.
To heave short, to draw so much of a cable into the ship, as that she is almost perpendicularly above the anchor.
To heave a strain, to work at the windlass with unusual exertion.
To heave taught, to turn a capstern, etc. till the rope becomes straight. [See Taught and Tight. ]
To heave to, to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion.
To heave up, to relinquish; [so to throw up; ] as, to heave up a design. [Vulgar. ]
HEAVE
v.i.heev. To swell, distend or dilate; as, a horse heaves in panting. Hence, 1. To pant; to breathe with labor or pain; as, he heaves for breath.
2. To keck; to make an effort to vomit.
3. To rise in billows, as the sea; to swell.
4. To rise; to be lifted; as, a ship heaves.
5. To rise or swell, as the earth at the breaking up of frost.
To heave in sight, to appear; to make its first appearance; as a ship at sea, or as a distant object approaching or being approached.
We observe that this verb has often the sense of raising or rising in an arch or circular form, as in throwing and in distention, and from this sense is derived its application to the apparent arch over our heads, heaven.
HEAVE
n.heev. A rising or swell; an exertion or effort upward. None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would settle or swallow them.
1. A rising swell, or distention, as of the breast.
These profound heaves.
2. An effort to vomit.
3. An effort to rise.
HEAVEN
n.hev'n. 1. The region or expanse which surrounds the earth, and which appears above and around us, like an immense arch or vault, in which are seen the sun, moon and stars.
2. Among christians, the part of space in which the omnipresent Jehovah is supposed to afford more sensible manifestations of his glory. Hence this is called the habitation of God, and is represented as the residence of angels and blessed spirits. Deuteronomy 26:15.
The sanctified heart loves heaven for its purity, and God for his goodness.
3. Among pagans, the residence of the celestial gods.
4. The sky or air; the region of the atmosphere; or an elevated place; in a very indefinite sense. Thus we speak of a mountain reaching to heaven; the fowls of heaven; the clouds of heaven; hail or rain from heaven. Jeremiah 9:1 ; Job 35:5, 11.
Their cities are walled to heaven. Deuteronomy 1:28.
5. The Hebrews acknowledged three heavens; the air or aerial heavens; the firmament in which the stars are supposed to be placed; and the heaven of heavens, or third heaven, the residence of Jehovah.
6. Modern philosophers divide the expanse above and around the earth into two parts, the atmosphere or aerial heaven, and the etherial heaven beyond the region of the air, in which there is supposed to be a thin, unresisting medium called ether.
7. The Supreme Power; the Sovereign of heaven; god; as prophets sent by heaven.
I have sinned against heaven. Luke 15:18, 21.
Shun the impious profaneness which scoffs at the institution of heaven.
8. The pagan deities; celestials.
And show the heavens more just.
9. Elevation; sublimity.
O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention.
1 . Supreme felicity; great happiness.
HEAVEN-ASPIRING
a.Aspiring to heaven.
HEAVEN-BANISHED
a.Banished from heaven.
HEAVEN-BEGOT
a.Begot by a celestial being.
HEAVEN-BORN
a.Born from heaven; native of heaven, or of the celestial regions; as heaven-born sisters.
HEAVEN-BRED
a.Produced or cultivated in heaven; as heaven-bred poesy.
HEAVEN-BUILT
a.Built by the agency or favor of the gods; as a heaven-built wall.
HEAVEN-DIRECTED
a.Pointing to the sky; as a heaven-directed spire. 1. Taught or directed by the celestial powers; as heaven-directed hands.
HEAVEN-FALLEN
a.Fallen from heaven; having revolted from God.
HEAVEN-GIFTED
a.Bestowed by heaven.
HEAVEN-INSPIRED
a.Inspired by heaven.
HEAVEN-INSTRUCTED
a.Taught by heaven.
HEAVENIZE
v.t.hev'nize. To render like heaven. [Unauthorized. ]
HEAVEN-KISSING
a.Touching as it were the sky.
HEAVENLINESS
n.[from heavenly. ] Supreme excellence.
HEAVEN-LOVED
a.Beloved by heaven.
HEAVENLY
a.Pertaining to heaven; celestial; as heavenly regions; heavenly bliss. 1. Resembling heaven; supremely excellent; as a heavenly lyre; a heavenly temper.
The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
2. Inhabiting heaven; as a heavenly race; the heavenly throng.
HEAVENLY-MINDED
a.Having the affections place on heaven, and on spiritual things.
HEAVENLY-MINDEDNESS
n.The state of having the affections placed on heavenly things and spiritual objects.
HEAVEN-SALUTING
a.Touching the sky.
HEAVENWARD
adv. Toward heaven.
HEAVEN-WARRING
a.Warring against heaven.
HEAVE-OFFERING
n.Among the Jews, an offering consisting of the tenth of the tithes which the Levites received, or of the first of the dough, etc. which was to be heaved or elevated. Numbers 15:19 -21 and Numbers 18:8-29.
HEAVER
n.One who heaves or lifts. Among seamen, a staff for a lever.
HEAVES
n.heevz. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult and laborious respiration.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HEAVE
Heave, v. t. [imp. Heaved, or Hove (; p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving. ] Etym: [OE. heven, hebben, As. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. häfva, Dan. hæve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. Accept, Behoof, Capacious, Forceps, haft, Receipt. ]
1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land. One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. Shak.
Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense. Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. Herrick.
2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.
4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.
5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson. To heave a cable short (Naut. ), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead (Naut. ), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. -- To heave a ship down (Naut. ), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. -- To heave a ship to (Naut. ), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. -- To heave about (Naut. ), to put about suddenly. -- To heave in (Naut. ), to shorten (cable ). -- To heave in stays (Naut. ), to put a vessel on the other tack. -- To heave out a sail (Naut. ), to unfurl it. -- To heave taut (Naut. ), to turn a capstan, etc. , till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. -- To heave the lead (Naut. ), to take soundings with lead and line. -- To heave the log. (Naut. ) See Log. -- To heave up anchor (Naut. ), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.
HEAVE
HEAVE Heave, v. i.
1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. The heaving sods of Bunker Hill. E. Everett.
2. To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc. ; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle. Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves. Prior. The heaving plain of ocean. Byron.
3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult. The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation ever since Wyclif's days. Atterbury.
4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit. To heave at. (a ) To make an effort at. (b ) To attack, to oppose. [Obs. ] Fuller. -- To heave in sight (as a ship at sea ), to come in sight; to appear. -- To heave up, to vomit. [Low ]
HEAVE
HEAVE Heave, n.
1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves. Hudibras.
2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like. There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves, You must translate. Shak. None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would settle. .. or swallow them. Dryden.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
HEAVEN
Heav "en, n. Etym: [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS. hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gaham to put on, clothe one's self, G. hemd shirt, and perh. E. chemise. ]
1. The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp. , that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense. I never saw the heavens so dim by day. Shak. When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven. D. Webster.
2. The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death. Unto the God of love, high heaven's King. Spenser. It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Shak. New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble.
Note: In this general sense heaven and its corresponding words in other languages have as various definite interpretations as there are phases of religious belief.
3. The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2. Her prayers, whom Heaven delights to hear. Shak. The will And high permission of all-ruling Heaven. Milton.
4. Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight. "A heaven of beauty. " Shak. "The brightest heaven of invention. " Shak. O bed! bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head! Hood.
Note: Heaven is very often used, esp. with participles, in forming compound words, most of which need no special explanation; as, heaven-appeasing, heaven-aspiring, heaven-begot, heaven-born, heaven- bred, heaven-conducted, heaven-descended, heaven-directed, heaven- exalted, heaven-given, heaven-guided, heaven-inflicted, heaven- inspired, heaven-instructed, heaven-kissing, heaven-loved, heaven- moving, heaven-protected, heaven-taught, heaven-warring, and the like.
HEAVEN
Heav "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heavened; p. pr. & vb. n. Heavening.]
Defn: To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. [R.] We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of purple hills. G. Massey.
HEAVENIZE
HEAVENIZE Heav "en *ize, v. t.
Defn: To render like heaven or fit for heaven. [R.] Bp. Hall.
HEAVENLINESS
Heav "en *li *ness, n. Etym: [From Heavenly. ]
Defn: The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies.
HEAVENLY
Heav "en *ly, a. Etym: [AS. heofonic.]
1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music. As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor. xv. 48.
2. Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng. The love of heaven makes one heavenly. Sir P. Sidney.
HEAVENLY
HEAVENLY Heav "en *ly, adv.
1. In a manner resembling that of heaven. "She was heavenly true. " Shak.
2. By the influence or agency of heaven. Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton.
HEAVENLYMINDED; HEAVENLY-MINDED
HEAVENLYMINDED; HEAVENLY-MINDED Heav "en *ly *mind `ed, Heav "en *ly-mind `ed, a.
Defn: Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner. -- Heav "en *ly *mind `ed *ness, n.
HEAVENWARD
HEAVENWARD Heav "en *ward, a & adv.
Defn: Toward heaven.
HEAVE OFFERING
HEAVE OFFERING Heave " of `fer *ing. (Jewish Antiq.)
Defn: An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix. 27.
HEAVER
HEAVER Heav "er, n.
1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
2. (Naut. )
Defn: A bar used as a lever. Totten.
HEAVES
HEAVES Heaves, n.
Defn: A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
New American Oxford Dictionary
heave
heave |hēv hiv | ▶verb ( past and past participle heaved or chiefly Nautical hove |hōv | ) 1 [ with obj. ] lift or haul (a heavy thing ) with great effort: she heaved the sofa back into place | he heaved himself out of bed. • Nautical pull, raise, or move (a boat or ship ) by hauling on a rope or ropes. • informal throw (something heavy ): she heaved half a brick at him. 2 [ with obj. ] produce (a sigh ): he heaved a euphoric sigh of relief. 3 [ no obj. ] rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically: his shoulders heaved as he panted. • make an effort to vomit; retch: my stomach heaved. ▶noun 1 an act of heaving, esp. a strong pull. • Geology a sideways displacement in a fault. 2 (the heaves ) informal a case of retching or vomiting: waiting for the heaves to subside. 3 (heaves ) a disease of horses, with labored breathing. PHRASES heave in sight (or into view ) chiefly Nautical come into view: the three canoes hove into view. PHRASAL VERBS heave to Nautical (of a boat or ship ) come to a stop, esp. by turning across the wind leaving the headsail backed: he hove to and dropped anchor. DERIVATIVES heav er noun ORIGIN Old English hebban, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heffen and German heben ‘lift up. ’
heave-ho
heave-ho |ˈhēv ˌhō hiːvˈhoʊ | ▶exclam. a cry emitted when doing in unison actions that take physical effort. ▶noun such an exclamation. • (the heave-ho ) expulsion or elimination from an institution, association, or contest: conjecture over who'll get the heave-ho . ORIGIN late Middle English: from heave! (imperative ) + ho 2, originally in nautical use when hauling a rope.
heaven
heav en |ˈhevən ˈhɛvən | ▶noun 1 a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods ) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky. • God (or the gods ): Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven. • Theology a state of being eternally in the presence of God after death. • informal a place, state, or experience of supreme bliss: lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven. • used in various exclamations as a substitute for “God ”: Heaven knows! | good heavens! 2 (often heavens ) literary the sky, esp. perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated: Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens. PHRASES the heavens open it suddenly starts to rain heavily. in seventh heaven in a state of ecstasy. move heaven and earth to do something make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing: if he had truly loved her he would have moved heaven and earth to get her back. stink (or smell ) to high heaven have a very strong and unpleasant odor. DERIVATIVES heav en ward |-wərd |adjective & adverb, heav en wards |-wərdz |adverb ORIGIN Old English heofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel .
heavenly
heav en ly |ˈhevənlē ˈhɛvənli | ▶adjective 1 of heaven; divine: heavenly Father. 2 of the heavens or sky: heavenly constellations. 3 informal very pleasing; wonderful: their shampoos smell heavenly | it was a heavenly morning for a ride. DERIVATIVES heav en li ness noun ORIGIN Old English heofonlic (see heaven, -ly 1 ).
heavenly body
heav en ly bod y ▶noun a planet, star, or other celestial body.
heavenly host
heav en ly host ▶noun a literary or biblical term for the angels.
heaven-sent
heav en-sent |ˈhɛvən ˌsɛnt | ▶adjective (of an event or opportunity ) occurring at a favorable time; opportune.
Oxford Dictionary
heave
heave |hiːv | ▶verb ( past and past participle heaved or chiefly Nautical hove |həʊv | ) 1 [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] lift or haul (something heavy ) with great effort: she heaved the sofa back into place | he heaved himself out of bed. • informal throw (something heavy ): she heaved half a brick at him. 2 [ with obj. ] produce (a sigh ): he heaved a euphoric sigh of relief. 3 [ no obj. ] rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically: his shoulders heaved as he panted. • make an effort to vomit; retch: my stomach heaved. 4 [ with obj. ] Nautical pull, raise, or move (a boat or ship ) by hauling on a rope or ropes. ▶noun 1 an act of heaving. 2 Geology a sideways displacement in a fault. 3 (heaves ) another term for COPD in horses. PHRASES heave in sight (or into view ) Nautical come into view: they held out until a British fleet hove in sight. PHRASAL VERBS heave to (of a boat or ship ) come to a stop, especially by turning across the wind leaving the headsail backed. DERIVATIVES heaver noun ORIGIN Old English hebban, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heffen and German heben ‘lift up ’.
heave-ho
heave-ho |hiːvˈhəʊ | ▶exclamation a cry emitted when doing actions that take physical effort. ▶noun (the heave-ho ) informal dismissal or elimination from a job, institution, or contest: conjecture over who'll get the heave-ho . ORIGIN late Middle English: from heave! (imperative ) + ho 2, originally in nautical use when hauling a rope.
heaven
heaven |ˈhɛv (ə )n | ▶noun 1 (often Heaven ) a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods ) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky. • God (or the gods ): Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven. • Theology a state of being eternally in the presence of God after death. • used in various exclamations as a substitute for ‘God ’: heaven knows! | good heavens! 2 (also the heavens ) literary the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated: Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens. 3 informal a place, state, or experience of supreme bliss: lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven. PHRASES the heavens open it suddenly starts to rain very heavily. in seventh heaven very happy; ecstatic. move heaven and earth to do something make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing: if he had truly loved her he would have moved heaven and earth to get her back. stink (or smell ) to high heaven have a very strong and unpleasant odour. DERIVATIVES heavenward adjective & adverb, heavenwards adverb ORIGIN Old English heofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel .
heavenly
heav |en ¦ly |ˈhɛv (ə )nli | ▶adjective 1 of heaven; divine: heavenly Father. 2 of the heavens or sky: heavenly constellations. 3 informal very pleasing; wonderful: their shampoos smell heavenly | it was a heavenly morning for a ride. DERIVATIVES heavenliness noun ORIGIN Old English heofonlic (see heaven, -ly 1 ).
heavenly body
heav |en ¦ly body ▶noun a planet, star, or other celestial body.
heavenly host
heav |en ¦ly host ▶noun see host 2.
heaven-sent
heaven-sent ▶adjective occurring at a very favourable time; very opportune: she was so afraid of losing this heaven-sent opportunity.
American Oxford Thesaurus
heave
heave verb 1 she heaved the sofa backward: haul, pull, lug, drag, draw, tug, heft; informal hump, yank. 2 informal she heaved a brick at him: throw, fling, cast, toss, hurl, lob, pitch; informal chuck, sling. 3 he heaved a sigh of relief: let out, breathe, give, sigh; emit, utter. 4 the sea heaved: rise and fall, roll, swell, surge, churn, seethe, swirl. 5 she heaved into the sink: retch, gag; vomit, be sick, get sick; informal throw up, puke, hurl, spew, barf, upchuck, ralph.
heaven
heaven noun 1 the good will have a place in heaven: paradise, nirvana, Zion; the hereafter, the next world, the next life, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Valhalla; literary the empyrean. ANTONYMS hell, purgatory. 2 a good book is my idea of heaven: bliss, ecstasy, rapture, contentment, happiness, delight, joy, seventh heaven; paradise, Utopia, nirvana. ANTONYMS misery. 3 (the heavens ) he observed the heavens: the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere, space; literary the firmament, the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wild /wide ) blue yonder, the welkin, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere, the celestial sphere. PHRASES in seventh heaven we're all in seventh heaven with this new swimming pool: ecstatic, euphoric, thrilled, elated, delighted, overjoyed, on cloud nine, walking on air, jubilant, rapturous, jumping for joy, transported, delirious, blissful; informal over the moon, on top of the world, on a high, tickled pink, as happy as a clam. move heaven and earth I'm going to get this promotion, even if I have to move heaven and earth to do it: try one's hardest, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, spare no effort, put oneself out; strive, exert oneself, work hard; informal bend over backwards, do one's damnedest, pull out all the stops, go all out, bust a gut. WORD LINKS celestial relating to heaven Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
heavenly
heavenly adjective 1 heavenly choirs: divine, holy, celestial, supernal; angelic, seraphic, cherubic; literary empyrean. ANTONYMS mortal, infernal. 2 heavenly constellations: celestial, cosmic, stellar, astral; planetary; extraterrestrial, superterrestrial. ANTONYMS terrestrial, earthly. 3 informal a heavenly morning: delightful, wonderful, glorious, perfect, excellent, sublime, idyllic, first-class, first-rate; blissful, pleasurable, enjoyable; exquisite, beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, enchanting; informal divine, super, great, fantastic, fabulous, terrific. ANTONYMS dreadful. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
heaven-sent
heaven-sent adjective the audition was a heaven-sent opportunity: auspicious, providential, propitious, felicitous, opportune, golden, favorable, advantageous, serendipitous, lucky, happy, good, fortunate. ANTONYMS inopportune.
Oxford Thesaurus
heave
heave verb 1 she heaved the sofa back into place: haul, pull, lug, manhandle, drag, draw, tug; lift, raise, hoist, heft; informal hump, yank; rare upheave. ANTONYMS push. 2 informal she heaved half a brick at him: throw, fling, cast, toss, hurl, lob, pitch, send, dash, let fly; informal bung, chuck, sling; N. Amer. informal peg; Austral. informal hoy; NZ informal bish. 3 he heaved a euphoric sigh of relief: let out, breathe, give, sigh, gasp, emit, utter. 4 the sea heaved up and down beneath her: rise and fall, roll, swell, surge, churn, boil, seethe, swirl, billow. 5 she crawled to the rail and heaved into the sea: vomit, retch, gag, bring up, cough up; Brit. be sick; N. Amer. get sick; informal throw up, puke, chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn, keck; Brit. informal honk, sick up; Scottish informal boke; N. Amer. informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies.
heaven
heaven noun 1 those who practised good deeds would receive the reward of a place in heaven: paradise, nirvana, the kingdom of heaven, the promised land, the heavenly kingdom, the City of God, the celestial city, the abode of God, the abode of the saints, the abode of the angels, Zion, Abraham's bosom, the empyrean; the beyond, the hereafter, the next world, the next life, the afterworld, the afterlife; among American Indians happy hunting ground; Christianity the New Jerusalem; Hinduism Swarga; Classical Mythology Elysium, the Elysian Fields, the Islands of the Blessed; Scandinavian Mythology Valhalla; Arthurian Legend Avalon. ANTONYMS hell, purgatory. 2 lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven: ecstasy, bliss, rapture, contentment, happiness, delight, joy, felicity, supreme happiness, supreme joy, perfect contentment, seventh heaven, cloud nine; paradise, Eden, Utopia, nirvana, Shangri-La, idyll; literary Arcadia, Arcady. ANTONYMS misery; hell on earth. 3 (usually the heavens ) Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens: the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere; literary the firmament, the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wide ) blue yonder, the welkin, the ether, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere, the celestial sphere. PHRASES in seventh heaven ecstatic, euphoric, thrilled, elated, delighted, overjoyed, on cloud nine /seven, walking /treading on air, jubilant, rapturous, beside oneself with joy, jumping for joy, exultant, transported, delirious, enraptured, blissful, in raptures, like a child with a new toy; informal over the moon, on top of the world, on a high, tickled pink, as pleased as Punch, cock-a-hoop, as happy as a sandboy; Brit. informal as happy as Larry; N. English informal made up; N. Amer. informal as happy as a clam; Austral. informal wrapped. move heaven and earth informal if he had truly loved her he would have moved heaven and earth to get her back: try one's hardest, try as hard as one can, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, make every effort, spare no effort, put oneself out; strive, struggle, exert oneself, work hard, endeavour, try; informal bend over backwards, do one's damnedest, go all out, pull out all the stops, bust a gut, break one's neck, kill oneself; N. Amer. informal do one's darnedest /durnedest; Austral. /NZ informal go for the doctor. WORD LINKS heaven celestial, empyrean relating to heaven uranophobia fear of heaven Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
heavenly
heavenly adjective 1 they saw visions of angels and heavenly choirs: divine, holy, celestial, godlike, godly, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, blessed, blest, beatific, immortal; literary empyrean, empyreal; rare paradisical, paradisaical, deiform, deific. ANTONYMS mortal; infernal. 2 heavenly constellations: celestial, cosmic, stellar; planetary; extraterrestrial, extramundane, unearthly, other-worldly; literary empyrean, empyreal; rare superterrestrial. ANTONYMS terrestrial, earthly. 3 informal it was a heavenly morning for a ride | a combination of heavenly blues and yellows: delightful, wonderful, marvellous, glorious, perfect, excellent, ideal, superb, sublime, idyllic, first-class, first-rate; blissful, pleasurable, enjoyable, gratifying, rapturous; exquisite, beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, sensational, enchanting, entrancing, ravishing, alluring; informal divine, super, great, fantastic, fabulous, smashing, terrific, wicked, out of this world; Brit. informal brilliant, brill, bosting. ANTONYMS dreadful; ugly. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
heaven-sent
heaven-sent adjective she was so afraid of losing this heaven-sent opportunity: auspicious, providential, propitious, felicitous, opportune, golden, favourable, advantageous, serendipitous, lucky, happy, good, right, fortunate, timely, well timed. ANTONYMS inopportune.
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heave
heave /hiːv /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /, 〘海 〙hove /hoʊv /; heaving 他動詞 1 【場所へ 】〈重い物 〉を (力を入れて )持ち上げる (up ), 引っぱる , 押す , 動かす ; 積み込む «into , onto , toward » ▸ heave oneself up がんばって起き上がる ▸ heave the door open ドアを押し開ける .2 «…に » 〈重い物 〉を投げる (throw ) «at » .3 (ゆっくり大きな )〈ため息 〉をつく , もらす ▸ heave a sigh of relief 安堵 （あんど ）のため息をつく .4 〘海 〙〈船など 〉をロープで引く .自動詞 1 〈海面 地面などが 〉大きく (規則的に )上下する , うねる ; (激しい呼吸で )〈胸 肩などが 〉波打つ , 上下に動く ▸ His chest was still heaving from the sprint .全力で走ったので彼の胸はまだ波打っていた .2 ｟くだけて ｠〈胃が 〉気持ち悪くなる, 〈人が 〉吐く .3 【ロープなどを 】引っぱる «on , at » .h è ave d ó wn 〈船が 〉傾く .h è ave A d ó wn [d ó wn A ](修理するために )A 〈船 〉を傾ける .h è ave h ó 1 〖the (old ) ～〗首, 解雇, 追放 .2 ｟やや古 ｠〘海 〙よいとまけ 〘錨 （いかり ）などを引くときのかけ声 〙.h è ave into s í ght [v í ew ]｟書 ｠〈船などが 〉見えてくる, 現れる .h è ave t ó 〘海 〙〈船が 〉停止する .名詞 1 C (力を入れて )引っぱる [押す , 持ち上げる ]こと .2 U ｟文 ｠上下する動き .3 〖通例the ～s 〗吐き気 , むかつき , 嘔吐 （おうと ）▸ the dry heaves 吐く物がない吐き気 .
heaven
heav en /hév (ə )n /〖原義は 「天空 」〗(形 )heavenly 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 〖しばしばH -〗天国 , 極楽 (↔hell )(╳the ～としない )▸ go to heaven 天国に行く, 身罷 （みまか ）る, 死ぬ 2 U C ｟くだけて ｠至上の幸福 ; 天国 (のような所 ), 楽園 ; 最高のもの ▸ (a ) heaven on earth 地上の楽園 ▸ The vacation in the Caribbean was sheer [absolute ] heaven .カリブ海での休暇は最高にすばらしかった ▸ I thought I'd died and gone to heaven .｟話 ｠まるで天国にいるような気分だった ▸ a marriage made in heaven この上なく幸せな結婚 ▸ my idea of heaven 私の思う至福 .3 C ｟やや古 文 ｠〖the ～s 〗天 , 空 (sky )▸ look up to the heavens 天を見上げる .4 U 〖通例H -〗神 (God )▸ the Kingdom of Heaven 天国 .By H é aven!誓って ; まったく .(G ò od ) h é avens! ＝H é avens ab ò ve! ｟古 くだけて ｠(驚き 困惑を表して )まあ, なんて ; (相手への返答で )断じて (!My heavens!, Heavens alive! ともいう ) .H è aven f ó rbid (that … )!→forbid .H è aven h é lp A ｟話 ｠A 〈人 〉はかわいそうに, 気の毒に ; «もし …なことになれば » A 〈人 〉は大変な目に遭うぞ «if 節 , when 節 » (!helpは仮定法現在 ) .H è aven (only [alone ]) kn ó ws →know .H è avens to B é tsy!｟米 ｠＝(Good ) heaven s!in h é aven 1 天に召されて, 死んで .2 (うれしさのあまり )天にも昇る気分で .3 ＝in God's [Heaven's ] name .4 ↑2 .in H è aven's n á me →name .m ò ve h è aven and é arth «…しようと » 必死になる, 全力を尽くす «to do » .st ì nk [sm è ll ] to (h ì gh ) h é aven ｟くだけて ｠ひどく臭う ; 疑わしい .Th à nk h é aven (s ).→thank .The h è avens ó pen .｟主に英 文 ｠激しく雨が降り出す .to (h ì gh ) H é aven ぜひとも (…であって欲しい ).
heavenly
heav en ly /hév (ə )nli /→heaven 形容詞 1 ｟やや古 くだけて ｠(天国のように )すばらしい , 楽しい (blissful )▸ Your kiss was so heavenly .きみのキスはとてもすてきだったよ .2 〖名詞 の前で 〗天国の ; 神の ▸ heavenly Father 父なる神 ▸ The Heavenly Host 天使たち .3 ｟文 ｠天空の .～̀ b ó dy ｟主に文 ｠天体 〘惑星 星 月など 〙.
heaven-sent
h è aven-s é nt 形容詞 比較なし 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗願ってもない, 絶好の, 幸運な 〈機会など 〉.
heavenward
h é aven ward 副詞 ｟文 ｠空 [天 ]の方に向かって .
heavenwards
h é aven wards 副詞 ｟主に英 ｠＝heavenward .
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