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heavings

/ˈhiːvɪŋz/

heavings is the plural of heaving.

Meaning of heaving

Noun

heaving (plural heavings)

  1. An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.
    • No swellings tell that winds may be Upon some far-off happier sea-- No heavings hint that winds have been On seas less hideously serene."1884, Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

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Phrases with heavings

Questions about heavings

What is heavings the plural of?
Heavings is the plural of heaving.
How do you pronounce heavings?
Heavings is pronounced /ˈhiːvɪŋz/.

Words near heavings in the dictionary

  1. heaving line bend
  2. heaving line bends
  3. heaving the log
  4. heaving to
  5. heavingly
  6. heavings
  7. Heavins
  8. Heaviside
  9. Heaviside layer
  10. Heaviside layers
  11. Heaviside unit function

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