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- [heev]
- /hiv/
- /ˈhiː.vɪŋ/
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- [heev]
- /hiv/
Definitions of heaving word
- verb with object heaving to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax. 1
- verb with object heaving to throw, especially to lift and throw with effort, force, or violence: to heave an anchor overboard; to heave a stone through a window. 1
- verb with object heaving Nautical. to move into a certain position or situation: to heave a vessel aback. to move in a certain direction: Heave the capstan around! Heave up the anchor! 1
- verb with object heaving to utter laboriously or painfully: to heave a sigh. 1
- verb with object heaving to cause to rise and fall with or as with a swelling motion: to heave one's chest. 1
- verb with object heaving to vomit; throw up: He heaved his breakfast before noon. 1
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Origin of heaving
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English heven, variant (with -v- from simple past tense and past participle) of hebben, Old English hebban; cognate with German heben, Old Norse hefja, Gothic hafjan; akin to Latin capere to take
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Parts of speech for Heaving
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heaving popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
heaving usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heaving
adjective heaving
- crowded — If a place is crowded, it is full of people.
- packed — transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
- jam-packed — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- bursting at the seams — If a place is very full, you can say that it is bursting at the seams.
- busy — A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
noun heaving
- panting — to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- cast — The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
Top questions with heaving
- how to stop dry heaving?
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- what does dry heaving mean?
- why is my dog dry heaving?
- why is my dog coughing and dry heaving?
- why does my dog keep dry heaving?
- why is my dog dry heaving and coughing?
- my dog is dry heaving what do i do?
- why am i dry heaving?
- what to do if your dog is dry heaving?
- why is my puppy dry heaving?
- what causes dry heaving?
- what is heaving?
- why am i dry heaving so much?
- what causes gagging or dry heaving?
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