When a person is sick, experiencing nausea, or suffering from food poisoning, to "heave" means to undergo involuntary, spasmodic retching motions of the stomach and chest muscles. It is the physical action of violently trying to vomit—often characterized by deep, painful chest contractions and loud, rhythmic gasping sounds—even if the stomach is completely empty, which is commonly referred to as dry heaving.
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