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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
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
To throw, cast.
"The cap'n hove the body overboard."
- 3
To rise and fall.
"Her chest heaved with emotion."
- 4
To utter with effort.
"She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window."
noun
- 1
An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.
adjective
- 1
Crowded with people.
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