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Webster 1913 Edition
Heaving
Heav′ing
,Noun.
A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Addison.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Heaving
HE'AVING
,ppr.
HE'AVING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
heaving
heaving
English
Verb
heaving
- present participle of heave
Adjective
heaving (comparative more heaving, superlative most heaving)
- (informal) Crowded with people.
- 2006, Tim Downie, "Ride Report: Bealach-na-Ba", uk.rec.cycling
- 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,
- 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.
- 2007, "Jamie", "Hyde Park Calling 2007", "classic rock magazine readers",
- At this time it was pissing down and by the time Joe Satriani cam on the tent was heaving with people just coming in to keep dry.
- 2006, Tim Downie, "Ride Report: Bealach-na-Ba", uk.rec.cycling
Noun
heaving (plural heavings)
- An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.