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heaving

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/ˈhiːvɪŋ/ English

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verb

  1. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).“We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.”
  2. To throw, cast.“The cap'n hove the body overboard.”
  3. To rise and fall.“Her chest heaved with emotion.”
  4. To utter with effort.“She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.”

noun

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

adjective

  1. Crowded with people.

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