Meaning

1 senses

  1. An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.

More definitions
  • throwing something heavy (with great effort)
  • the act of lifting something with great effort
  • breathing heavily (as after exertion)
  • an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

Origin

Inherited from Middle English hevynge.

Inherited from Middle English hevynge.

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Forms

plural: heavings
Singularheaving
Pluralheavings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • throwing something heavy (with great effort):heave
  • the act of lifting something with great effort:heave
  • breathing heavily (as after exertion):panting
  • an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling):heave

Word family

3 related words
Relatedheave
Derivedcoalheavingfrost heaving

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
heavensheavilyA2heavinessheavyA1
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