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# heaving

adjective (heaving); verb form (heave, heaves, heaved / hove, heaving); noun (heaving)

«heaving» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Pulling, pushing or lifting something heavy with a lot of effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#m1)
2. Rising and falling strongly: heaving waves, heaving shoulders when crying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#m2)
3. Trying to vomit, retching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#m3)
4. (UK, informal) Very crowded: the shop was heaving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#m4)
5. Heaving can also mean breathing out a deep sigh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#m5)

### In the lessons

In stories «heaving» describes stormy seas, tired sailors pulling ropes, sobbing shoulders or someone being sick. In everyday British talk a «heaving» place is packed with people. In PE and science, heaving is using force to lift or pull. Phrases: heaving with people, heaving seas, heaving a sigh.

### Examples

- The beach was heaving with people on the hot day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x1)
- The sailors were heaving on the ropes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x2)
- The heaving waves rocked the little boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x3)
- Her shoulders were heaving as she cried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x4)
- He was heaving over the bucket after the boat trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x5)
- Heaving a sigh, Mum picked up the toys again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x6)
- The pub garden was heaving after the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x7)
- "Show me your hand," said the Prince trembling, and heaving a deep sigh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/#x8)

### Note

-ing form of «heave». Past: heaved (usually); «hove» is used for ships («hove into view»). «Heaving a sigh» means sighing deeply. «Heaving» (crowded) is informal British.

## In Jewish tradition

In "thigh of heaving" it means the part lifted up as an offering, like the heave-offering. In the primary lessons: In stories «heaving» describes stormy seas, tired sailors pulling ropes, sobbing shoulders or someone being sick. In everyday British talk a «heaving» place is packed with people. In PE and science, heaving is using force to lift or pull. Phrases: heaving with people, heaving seas, heaving a sigh.

### Examples

- And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD; this is holy for the priest, together with the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. (Torah NUM.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaving/#x1)

### Note

-ing form of «heave». Past: heaved (usually); «hove» is used for ships («hove into view»). «Heaving a sigh» means sighing deeply. «Heaving» (crowded) is informal British.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaving/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heaving.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «heaving» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaving/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heaving» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/heaving.html) on Mova free.