Heaved

Word HEAVED
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /hiːvd/

Definitions and meanings of "Heaved"

What do we mean by heaved?

To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

To throw, cast.

To rise and fall.

To utter with effort.

To pull up with a rope or cable.

To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

To displace (a vein, stratum).

To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

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The word "heaved" in example sentences

Her breasts heaved from the exertion, and he marked the pulsating of the shimmering cherry-colored silk with delight as he flung his glance around to the other two girls similarly breathing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Martin heaved a sigh of relief when he had disposed of the last manuscript. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Martin heaved a sigh of relief when the door closed behind the laundryman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After a delay of thirty-five seconds (during which, it is said, some observers prayed) the mountain heaved, shrouding itself in dust. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The tears gathered and fell, quietly, all through the process of dressing; and a sort of sob heaved from the child's breast now and then, without words and most involuntary. ❋ Unknown (1907)

With a sigh that seemed heaved from the very depth of his soul, he passed through the open door-way. ❋ Unknown (1875)

Water! several times; and then again a sigh heaved from the heart of the sufferer. ❋ Unknown (1826)

As her hand was about to grasp the cup, Elaka heaved it forward, and the scalding liquid struck her in the face. ❋ John Vornholt (2000)

Angus, who had been quiet enough for the last ten minutes, meditating and watching, began to swear furiously, but Robert paid no more heed than if he had not heard him -- stood calm and grim at his head, with the clubbed sword heaved over his shoulder. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

And then we kind of heaved a sigh of relief for a while, then in 2000, we published The Fashioning of Angels: Partnership As Spiritual Practice ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Taiwan would also likely have to repair runways that have been "heaved". ❋ Michael Turton (2008)

In the cold, clear, mountain atmosphere, needles of ice as long as 25 cm formed in the soil and "heaved" the seedlings into the air, leaving them, with roots exposed, to die of desiccation in the spring. ❋ Unknown (1981)

Draining, followed by subsoiling, lets down the falling water at once through the soil, leaving the root bed of the plants so free from moisture, that the earth is not "heaved," as the term is, and the plants retain their natural position, and awaken refreshed in the Spring by their Winter's repose. ❋ Henry Flagg French (N/A)

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