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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

持ち上げる

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mochiageru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heave/hiːv/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は重い箱を持ち上げなければならなかった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To lift or haul something heavy with great effort or force.

    "They managed to heave the heavy chest up the stairs."
As noun
  1. 1

    An upward movement or the act of lifting or throwing something heavy.

    "With a final heave, the rock rolled down the hill."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English verb 'hēofan', meaning to lift, raise, or heave, of Germanic origin and related to Old High German 'houfan'. Historically, its meaning expanded from physical lifting to nautical usage and physiological motions such as vomiting or heavy breathing.

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