Heaving
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Upheaval; swell; rising; panting; palpitation.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
Present participle of
heave
.
adjective.
crowded
with people
noun.
An occasion on which something
heaves
or is heaved
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the act of lifting something with great effort
noun.
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
noun.
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
noun.
throwing something heavy (with great effort)
Word Usage
""That's what we call heaving the log, Miss Garden," said the master, who had been explaining the use of the log, though in not quite so succinct"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
ascending
ascension
ascent
breathing
external respiration
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
achieving
believing
conceiving
deceiving
disbelieving
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
swell
verb-stem
heave