Is “Heave” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
HEAVE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Heave

/hiːv/

noun
  1. 1.An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

  2. 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, etc.

  3. 3.A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

verb
  1. 1.To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

    We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.

  2. 2.To throw, cast.

    The cap'n hove the body overboard.

  3. 3.To rise and fall.

    Her chest heaved with emotion.