heaves
heevz
- 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
- After extensive renovations, its lofty interiors are now a mood-lit bolt-hole that heaves with tout le monde.
- Cinematographer Chris Doyle heaves a sympathetic sigh, which you can see because it's so cold, swigs spirit from his hip flask and puts the moment in perspective: "You know, if .
- Lying on a reed mat on the floor, Makuyana's skeletal frame heaves as she coughs weakly.