"heaving" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhiːvɪŋ/ Forms: more heaving [comparative], most heaving [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːvɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} heaving (comparative more heaving, superlative most heaving)
  1. (informal) Crowded with people. Tags: informal Derived forms: heavingly
    Sense id: en-heaving-en-adj-52MEE57r

Noun

IPA: /ˈhiːvɪŋ/ Forms: heavings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːvɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} heaving (plural heavings)
  1. An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved. Related terms: frost heaving, heaving line bend
    Sense id: en-heaving-en-noun-u49Stmk8

Verb

IPA: /ˈhiːvɪŋ/
Rhymes: -iːvɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} heaving
  1. present participle and gerund of heave Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: heave
    Sense id: en-heaving-en-verb-bU70wpn~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 20 69

Inflected forms

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