What is "heave"

Fault \Fault\, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See Fail, and cf. Default.]

1. Defect; want; lack; default.

   One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend.
   --Shak.

2. Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.

   As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault.
   --Shak.

3. A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

4. (Geol. & Mining)

   1. A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

   2. In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
      --Raymond.

5. (Hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

   Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, With much ado, the cold fault cleary out.
   --Shak.

6. (Tennis) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.

7. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit.

8. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping.

   Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the

   fault plane. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a

   vertical fault; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a

   normal fault, or gravity fault. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a

   reverse fault (or reversed fault), thrust fault, or overthrust fault. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a

   horizontal fault. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the

   displacement; the vertical displacement is the

   throw; the horizontal displacement is the

   heave. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the

   trend of the fault. A fault is a

   strike fault when its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is a

   dip fault when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an

   oblique fault when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called

   cross faults. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called

   step faults and sometimes

   distributive faults.

   At fault, unable to find the scent and continue chase; hence, in trouble or embarrassment, and unable to proceed; puzzled; thrown off the track.

   To find fault, to find reason for blaming or complaining; to express dissatisfaction; to complain; -- followed by with before the thing complained of; but formerly by at. ``Matter to find fault at.''
   --Robynson (More's Utopia).

   Syn: -- Error; blemish; defect; imperfection; weakness; blunder; failing; vice.

   Usage: Fault, Failing, Defect, Foible. A fault is positive, something morally wrong; a failing is negative, some weakness or falling short in a man's character, disposition, or habits; a defect is also negative, and as applied to character is the absence of anything which is necessary to its completeness or perfection; a foible is a less important weakness, which we overlook or smile at. A man may have many failings, and yet commit but few faults; or his faults and failings may be few, while his foibles are obvious to all. The faults of a friend are often palliated or explained away into mere defects, and the defects or foibles of an enemy exaggerated into faults. ``I have failings in common with every human being, besides my own peculiar faults; but of avarice I have generally held myself guiltless.''
   --Fox. ``Presumption and self-applause are the foibles of mankind.''
   --Waterland.

Old English hebban "to lift, raise; lift up, exalt" (class VI strong verb; past tense hof, past participle hafen), from Proto-Germanic *hafjan (cognates: Old Norse hefja, Dutch heffen, German heben, Gothic hafjan "to lift, raise"), from PIE *kap-yo-, from root *kap- "to grasp" (see capable).\n

\nRelated to Old English habban "to hold, possess." Intransitive use by c.1200. Meaning "to throw" is from 1590s. Sense of "retch, make an effort to vomit" is first attested c.1600. Related: Heaved; heaving. Nautical heave-ho was a chant in lifting (c.1300, hevelow).

1570s, from heave (v.).

n. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. vb. 1 (context transitive archaic English) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards. 2 (context transitive English) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). 3 (context intransitive English) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. 4 (context transitive mining geology English) To displace (a vein, stratum). 5 (context transitive now rare English) To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions. 6 (context intransitive English) To rise and fall. 7 (context transitive English) To utter with effort. 8 (context transitive now nautical English) To throw, cast. 9 (context transitive nautical English) To pull up with a rope or cable. 10 (context ambitransitive nautical English) To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

1. n. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" [syn: heaving]

2. (geology) a horizontal dislocation

3. the act of lifting something with great effort [syn: heaving]

4. an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" [syn: retch]

5. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise]

6. throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" [syn: heaving]

7. [also: hove]

1. v. utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"

2. throw with great effort

3. rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: billow, surge]

4. lift or elevate [syn: heave up, heft, heft up]

5. nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

6. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp]

7. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave" [syn: buckle, warp]

8. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: gag, retch]

9. [also: hove]

Heave may refer to:

• Heave, to move up and down as one of the six degrees of freedom (mechanics)
• Heave, slang term for the act of vomiting
• Parasternal heave, an impulse felt on physical examination of the heart and lower chest area