Heaving

/ˈhiːvɪŋ/

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.

noun

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

adjective

  1. Crowded with people.

heaving

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