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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | panting |
| Type of | ventilation, breathing, external respiration, respiration |
| Derivation | heave |
Examples of heaving
heaving
Also, Tebow does not mind heaving the rock deep, as Al Davis might have noticed.
From the sfgate.com
Their chests heaving in exhaustion, they silently lined up and shot free throws.
From the nytimes.com
One young man has his head buried in his arms, crying softly, shoulders heaving.
From the washingtonpost.com
They are plagued with heaving floors, moldy walls and sinkholes in their lawns.
From the sfgate.com
This Saturday is about Khan's homecoming, which is why the place will be heaving.
From the independent.co.uk
It's OK, I say repeatedly, stroking heaving backs, even though it patently isn't.
From the guardian.co.uk
The joy and relief leap from the photographs in giant, heaving, cathartic sobs.
From the washingtonpost.com
When it was over, Clay sat on the track, then plopped on his back, chest heaving.
From the washingtontimes.com
Even the bricks Tracy McGrady has been heaving lately are paving streets of gold.
From the chron.com
- Heave: an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
- Panting: breathing heavily (as after exertion)
- Heave: the act of lifting something with great effort
- (heave) utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
- (heave) (geology) a horizontal dislocation
- (heave) billow: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
- Vomiting (known medically as emesis and informally as throwing up and a number of other terms) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. ...
- (Heave) In mechanics, degrees of freedom (DOF) are the set of independent displacements and/or rotations that specify completely the displaced or deformed position and orientation of the body or system. ...
- An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved; crowded with people
