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Meaning of heaving

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

heaving

Pronunciation:/ˈhiːvɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

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

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

  2. To throw, cast.

    Example: The cap'n hove the body overboard.

  3. To rise and fall.

    Example: Her chest heaved with emotion.

  4. To utter with effort.

    Example: She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

noun

Definitions

  1. An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Crowded with people.