heaving
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
the heaving of waves on a rough sea
Types & categories
- rising hypernym
Related & opposite
- surge derivation
Sense 2 noun
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
Types & categories
- breathing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of lifting something with great effort
Types & categories
- ascending hypernym
Related & opposite
- heft derivation
Sense 4 noun
throwing something heavy (with great effort)
he gave it a mighty heave
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
- heave derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | surge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rising |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gasp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | breathing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heft |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ascending |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | heave |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |