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heaver

/ˈhiːvə(ɹ)/

heaver noun: one who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.

Noun

heaver (plural heavers)

  1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.
    • a coal heaver
  2. A bar used as a lever.
    • The spar snapping under them in the slings, as they sought, with heavers, to beat down the icy sail.1856, Herman Melville, Benito Cereno

heaver meaning in Tamil and Kannada

heaver in Tamil

தள்ளுவோன்

heaver in Kannada

ಎತ್ತುವವನು, ಎತ್ತುಗಾರ, ಹಗ್ಗ, ಎಸೆಗಾರ, ಸೆಳೆಯುವವನು, ಸೆಳೆಕಾರ

Forms of heaver

pluralheavers

Origin of heaver

From heave + -er.

Words formed from heaver

Words that rhyme with heaver

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about heaver

What does heaver mean?
Heaver means one who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.
What is heaver in Tamil?
Heaver in Tamil is தள்ளுவோன். See Heaver meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heaver?
Heaver is a noun.
How do you pronounce heaver?
Heaver is pronounced /ˈhiːvə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of heaver?
The plural of heaver is heavers.

Words near heaver in the dictionary

  1. heavenward
  2. heavenwardly
  3. heavenwardness
  4. heavenwards
  5. heavenwood
  6. heaver
  7. heavers
  8. heaves
  9. heaves in sight
  10. heaves in view
  11. heaves into sight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heaver (page history and authors); heaver (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heaver (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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