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| 1. | [ verb ] utter a sound, as with obvious effort | |
| Examples: | "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do" |
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| Related terms: | utter | |
| 2. | [ verb ] throw with great effort | |
| Related terms: | throw | |
| 3. | [ verb ] lift or elevate | |
| Synonyms: | heft heft_up heave_up | |
| Related terms: | lift weigh_anchor upheave lift | |
| 4. | [ verb ] rise and move, as in waves or billows | |
| Synonyms: | surge billow | |
| Examples: | "The army surged forward" |
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| Related terms: | inflate billow | |
| 5. | [ verb ] breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | |
| Synonyms: | pant gasp puff | |
| Examples: | "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" |
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| Related terms: | blow gasp panting huffing | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (nautical) nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position | |
| Examples: | : "The vessel hove into sight" |
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| Related terms: | move | |
| 7. | [ verb ] bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | |
| Synonyms: | warp buckle | |
| Examples: | "The highway buckled during the heatwave" |
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| Related terms: | change_surface lift warp | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (geology) a horizontal dislocation | |
| Related terms: | movement geology | |
| 9. | [ noun ] an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling) | |
| Synonyms: | heaving | |
| Examples: | "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" |
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| Related terms: | rise billow | |
| 10. | [ noun ] the act of raising something | |
| Synonyms: | raise elevation lift | |
| Examples: | "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow" "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" |
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| Related terms: | propulsion raise lift hoist | |
| 11. | [ verb ] make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | |
| Synonyms: | retch gag | |
| Related terms: | vomit | |
| 12. | [ noun ] the act of lifting something with great effort | |
| Synonyms: | heaving | |
| Related terms: | rise | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (medicine,pathology) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting | |
| Synonyms: | retch | |
| Examples: | "a bad case of the heaves" |
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| Related terms: | spasm vomit | |
| 14. | [ noun ] throwing something heavy (with great effort) | |
| Synonyms: | heaving | |
| Examples: | "he gave it a mighty heave" "he was not good at heaving passes" |
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| Related terms: | throw | |
| Similar spelling: |
Hevey Hevea hebe hebei heavy hep have |
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