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Definition of heave noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    heave

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    noun
    NAmE//hiv//
     
     
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  1. 1[countable] an act of lifting, pulling, or throwing With a mighty heave he lifted the sack onto the truck.
  2. 2[uncountable] (especially literary) a rising and falling movement the steady heave of the sea
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