Definition of heavings Heavings
We found 3 definitions of heavings from 2 different sources.
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What does heavings mean?
Wiktionary 
- heavings (Noun)
Plural of heaving.
Part of speech
🔤- heavings, noun, plural of heaving.
WordNet
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| heaving - breathing heavily (as after exertion) | ||
| panting | ||
| breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | ||
| heaving - throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" | ||
| heave | ||
| throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" | ||
| heaving - the act of lifting something with great effort | ||
| heave | ||
| ascending, ascent, ascension, rise an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" | ||
| heaving - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" | ||
| heave | ||
| rising, ascent, ascension, rise an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- heaving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heave - heaving (n.)
A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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heaving
virer, (heafian, Sax.) the act of turning about a capstern, windlass, or other machine of the like kind, by means of bars or handspecs. -
heaving
the lead. See the article SOUNDING. -
heaving
a-head, is advancing the ship by heaving-in the cable, or other rope, which is fastened to an anchor at some distance before her. To heave a-stern is therefore to draw the ship backwards by the same operation.
