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US
/ˈhivɪŋ/
]
[ UK /hˈiːvɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /hˈiːvɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- breathing heavily (as after exertion)
-
throwing something heavy (with great effort)
he was not good at heaving passes
he gave it a mighty heave -
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
the heaving of waves on a rough sea - the act of lifting something with great effort
How To Use heaving In A Sentence
- I wrapped my arms around him and he buried his face into my shoulder like he had earlier that evening, shoulders heaving as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
- When he left, Karen found herself heaving a huge sigh of relief.
- The place was heaving and, as the floorman for a minor boards bookie, the pulsating activity proved exhilarating. The Sun
- Let us hope the direful upheaving, which is now felt throughout the Union, is the earthquake that will bury it forever. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time
- Across her back I threw a soft light blanket before heaving the massive English saddle across.
- But it is still heaving with people. Times, Sunday Times
- Using the hook like a weaver's batten, he secured the heaving line under the two-inch rope that ran the length of the deck. LET NOT THE DEEP
- They know the frustration, the anxiety, the helplessness and the embarrassment of being on the mound and throwing pitches nowhere near home plate, heaving some to the backstop.
- Her body lurched, so thin the lightest touch would break her in half, heaving gasps of terror.
- They wore heaving broadswords belted on at the waist.
