heaving

Verb

Present participle of heave.

Adjective

(comparative more heaving, superlative most heaving)

(informal) crowded with people

Noun

(plural heavings)

An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved

Anagrams

haveing

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"heaving." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/heaving>.

APA Style

heaving. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/heaving

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

He sighed deeply, his whole chest heaving, and was silent for a while.
When this has been done an electrical test is applied, and if the original fracture is between ship and shore the heaving in of cable will continue until the end comes on board.
The count listened with closed eyes, heaving abrupt sighs at certain passages.
Chest heaving, he gazed around the meat locker to assess how many bodies were present.
Chest heaving, he dropped the machete from his hand as he realized what he.d done.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR heaving IN THE DICTIONARY