heaving — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

great, heavy

VERB + HEAVING

market, place, square, waves

HEAVING + NOUN

rnum, sigh, tourists, wardrobe

PREP.

in, with

Definitions

adj

1

Crowded with people.

2006, Tim Downie, "Ride Report: Bealach-na-Ba", uk.rec.cycling http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/browse_thread/thread/af08b5a62b82262c/192dcd8f8dca7b8e?lnk=st&q=%22was+heaving%22&rnum=7#192dcd8f8dca7b8e Kinlochewe was heaving with cyclists and their vehicles on Saturday morning but somehow, the organisers had found space for everyone and the main roads were kept clear.

2006, "Krusty", "Krusty's Holiday", uk.rec.motorcycles, http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.motorcycles/browse_thread/thread/f3c43a458f94a29b/bdff0eb3decbb853?lnk=st&q=%22was+heaving%22&rnum=99# The pool was heaving with screaming kids. By contrast the beach was virtually deserted, apart from the one day a cruise ship docked & a group of about 10 people appeared.

noun

1

An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.

No swellings tell that winds may be Upon some far-off happier sea-- No heavings hint that winds have been On seas less hideously serene."

His throne rocked with subterraneous heavings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — throwing something heavy (with great effort)

heave

noun — the act of lifting something with great effort

heave

noun — breathing heavily (as after exertion)

panting

noun — an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falli

heave

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

2006, Tim Downie, "Ride Report: Bealach-na-Ba", uk.rec.cycling http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/browse_thread/thread/af08b5a62b82262c/192dcd8f8dca7b8e?lnk=st&q=%22was+heaving%22&rnum=7#19

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02

2006, "Krusty", "Krusty's Holiday", uk.rec.motorcycles, http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.motorcycles/browse_thread/thread/f3c43a458f94a29b/bdff0eb3decbb853?lnk=st&q=%22was+heaving%22&rnum=99# The

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03

2007, "Jamie", "Hyde Park Calling 2007", "classic rock magazine readers", http://groups.google.com/group/classic-rock-mag-readers/browse_thread/thread/7a5dc153e8401fb9/e32feaabd9dc9423?lnk=st&q=%22was

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04

No swellings tell that winds may be Upon some far-off happier sea-- No heavings hint that winds have been On seas less hideously serene."

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05

His throne rocked with subterraneous heavings.

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06

Then he set the jug down wrong side up, and remained glaring at it fixedly, while his chest rose and fell in deep heavings.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, heaving is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.