HEAVING
\hˈiːvɪŋ], \hˈiːvɪŋ], \h_ˈiː_v_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of HEAVING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of lifting something with great effort
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an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
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rising and falling alternately as in waves; "the heaving waves in the storm-tossed sea"; "the exhausted dog's heaving chest"
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breathing heavily (as after exertion)
By Princeton University
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the act of lifting something with great effort
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an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
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rising and falling alternately as in waves; "the heaving waves in the storm-tossed sea"; "the exhausted dog's heaving chest"
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breathing heavily (as after exertion)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Noah Webster.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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