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Heaving

/ˈhiːvɪŋ/

To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

📖 Definitions of "Heaving"

verb
  1. 1

    To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

    "We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing."

  2. 2

    To throw, cast.

    "The cap'n hove the body overboard."

  3. 3

    To rise and fall.

    "Her chest heaved with emotion."

  4. 4

    To utter with effort.

    "She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window."

noun
  1. 1

    An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.

adjective
  1. 1

    Crowded with people.

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