Heaves
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
A disease of horses, characterized by difficult and laborious respiration.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
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noun.
Plural form of
heave
.
noun.
A
period
of
retching
.
noun.
A
disease
of
horses
characterized by coughing and difficult breathing.
verb.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
heave
.
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noun.
a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
Word Usage
"The term heaves is applied almost wholly to an emphysematous condition of the lungs."
Etymologically Related
dry heaves
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
animal disease
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Eves
Steves
achieves
believes
cleaves
suggests
heaved
verb-stem
heave