heave

heave in sight (or into view) come into view. informal

☞ Heave meaning 'rise up, as on the swell of a wave' occurs in several nautical expressions; here the allusion is to the way that objects appear to rise up over the horizon at sea. The past form of heave in this sense is hove, but because most English-speakers are completely unfamiliar with the verb in its literal usage, hove is often used as a present form (and a new past form, hoved, is created from it).