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 Heavings a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Heaving is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 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 Heavings

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