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"
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    swell  
    verb-stem
    heave