A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.

the partial or complete collapse of the walls of a hole resulting from internal pressures due primarily to swelling from hydration or formation gas pressures. See caving.

Applied to the rising of the bottom after removal of the coal; a sharp rise in the floor is called a "hogsback".

The process of a plant being pushed out of the soil that occurs when the ground alternately freezes and thaws in winter.

Process in which the ground in front of a pipe jack may be displaced forward and upward causing a lifting of the ground surface.

the act of lifting something with great effort

throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"