heaves
- n a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
- n an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- n (geology) a horizontal dislocation
- n the act of lifting something with great effort
- n an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
a bad case of the heaves - n the act of raising something
- n throwing something heavy (with great effort)
- v utter a sound, as with obvious effort
- v throw with great effort
- v rise and move, as in waves or billows
- v lift or elevate
- v move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
- v breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- v bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- v make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
heavier-than-air craft
- n a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it
heaviness
- n the property of being comparatively great in weight
the heaviness of lead - n persisting sadness
nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss - n an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition - n used of a line or mark
- n unwelcome burdensome difficulty
heaving
- n an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
the heaving of waves on a rough sea - n breathing heavily (as after exertion)
- n the act of lifting something with great effort
- n throwing something heavy (with great effort)
he was not good at heaving passes - v utter a sound, as with obvious effort
- v throw with great effort
- v rise and move, as in waves or billows
- v lift or elevate
- v move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
- v breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- v bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- v make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
heaviside
- n English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)
heaviside layer
- n a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
heavy hitter
- n an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in
heavy hydrogen
- n an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)
heavy metal
- n a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead)
- n loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
heavy metal music
- n loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
heavy particle
- n any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1