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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fault \Fault\, n. 1. (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. 2. (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}, 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} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heave \Heave\, v. t. [imp. {Heaved}, or {Hove}; p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven}; p. pr & vb n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, As hebban; akin to OS hebbian, D. heffen OHG. heffan hevan, G. heven, Icel. h["a]fva, Dan. h[ae]ve, Goth. hafjan L. capere to take seize; cf Gr ? handle. Cf {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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), 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] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heave n 1: 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: 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}, {elevation}] 5: throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" [syn: {heaving}] v 1: utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She uttered a sigh" 2: throw with great effort 3: rise and move as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: {billow}, {surge}] 4: lift with difficulty [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: choke, retch, or have a spasm causing one to regurgitate [syn: {gag}]
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