Definitions For Heaving

noun

  • Throwing something heavy (with great effort)
  • The act of lifting something with great effort
  • Breathing heavily (as after exertion)
  • An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
  • An act of lifting or pulling something with effort
  • A forceful throw

verb

  • To lift or pull (something) with effort
  • To throw (something) with effort
  • To breathe in and breathe out (a sigh) in a slow or loud way

Is Heaving a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16

The word Heaving is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Heaving in a Sentence

  • She heaved the door shut.
  • The quarterback heaved the ball down the field.
  • She sat down and heaved a sigh of relief.
  • We lifted the box onto the table with a heave.
  • He gave the rope a mighty heave.
  • The quarterback uncorked a mighty heave.

Synonyms for Heaving

Antonyms for Heaving

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