heaving

[hee-ving] / ˈhi vɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

billowy

Synonyms

WEAK

bouncing bouncy bulgy distended ebbing and flowing puffy rippled rippling rising rising and falling rolling swelling swirling swollen undulating waving wavy

NOUN

cast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

casting

STRONG

ejection expulsion fling flinging heave hurl hurling launching lob lobbing pitch pitching projection propulsion shooting sling slinging thrust thrusting toss tossing

Antonyms

WEAK

catch keeping retention

NOUN

panting

Synonyms

STRONG

gasping respiring

WEAK

breathless short-winded

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International rescue teams and frantic families are in a race against time, heaving debris aside in a desperate bid to find the last survivors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

By this point I'm starting to look like an extra in a low-budget Star Wars parody – and we are definitely the pre-match entertainment in a pub which is now heaving.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Shopping areas, including the market of Addisu Gebeya, were heaving in Addis Ababa on New Year's Eve, despite the rain - as people rushed to prepare for the celebrations.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Then Brooks shifts into the light thriller she’s teased since the opening notes of heaving, scratchy violins.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Star, heaving and panting in a wallow of mud that was sucking her down, down.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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