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Heaving   /hˈivɪŋ/   Listen
Heaving

noun
1.
An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).  Synonym: heave.
2.
Breathing heavily (as after exertion).  Synonym: panting.
3.
The act of lifting something with great effort.  Synonym: heave.
4.
Throwing something heavy (with great effort).  Synonym: heave.  "He was not good at heaving passes"


Heave

verb
(past heaved or hove; past part. heaved or hove, formerly hoven; pres. part. heaving)
1.
Utter a sound, as with obvious effort.
2.
Throw with great effort.
3.
Rise and move, as in waves or billows.  Synonyms: billow, surge.
4.
Lift or elevate.  Synonyms: heave up, heft, heft up.
5.
Move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position.
6.
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.  Synonyms: gasp, pant, puff.
7.
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat.  Synonyms: buckle, warp.
8.
Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.  Synonyms: gag, retch.



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"Heaving" Quotes from Famous Books



... sapphires and diamonds studding the band of gold about his head shone out like glittering stars in the pale light. The cross of blood red rubies that hung from his neck chain rose and fell with the regular heaving of his broad chest on which ...
— Olaf the Glorious - A Story of the Viking Age • Robert Leighton
... was the answer. "We're only the port and starboard upper-deck stringers; and if you persist in heaving and hiking like this, we shall be reluctantly compelled ...
— The Day's Work, Volume 1 • Rudyard Kipling
... what sort of reception would they meet when found? These were the questions which engaged their thoughts as they stood on that lonely beach, hoping against hope, and every minute fancying some friendly sail heaving in sight to relieve them from their perilous position. After the darkest night comes the brightest day. This was ever uppermost in Tite's mind, and he endeavored to impress its teachings on the minds of his companions, who were fast yielding to their fears, and would have given up in despair ...
— The Von Toodleburgs - Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family • F. Colburn Adams
... "The strain of heaving over the sack was too much for him. He collapsed. You're sure you ...
— Bloom of Cactus • Robert Ames Bennet
... of shouting caused him to turn his head. Down-stream, a thousand yards away, men were raising a flag-staff made from the trunk of a slender fir, from which the bark had been stripped, heaving on their tackle as they sang in unison. They stood well out upon the river's bank before a group of well-made houses, the peeled timbers of which shone yellow in the sun. He noted the symmetrical arrangement of the buildings, noted the space about them that had been smoothed for a drill-ground, ...
— The Barrier • Rex Beach


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