English Explanatory Dictionary

heaving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of heave
adj
  1. Crowded with people.
  2. Of the chest, rising and falling noticeably from exertion, emotion, or laboured breathing.
  3. Of the bosom, full, ample, or voluptuous in form, irrespective of movement.
noun
  1. An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.

Pronunciation

/ˈhiːvɪŋ/

Word forms

heaving more heaving most heaving heavings

Derived words

heavingly coalheaving frost heaving heaving line bend
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