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present participle and gerund of heave examples
comparative more heaving, superlative most heaving
(informal) Crowded with people. quotations examples
Kinlochewe was heaving with cyclists and their vehicles on Saturday morning but somehow, the organisers had found space for everyone and the main roads were kept clear.
2006, Tim Downie, "Ride Report: Bealach-na-Ba", uk.rec.cycling
The pool was heaving with screaming kids. By contrast the beach was virtually deserted, apart from the one day a cruise ship docked & a group of about 10 people appeared.
2006, "Krusty", "Krusty's Holiday", uk.rec.motorcycles
At this time it was pissing down and by the time Joe Satriani came on the tent was heaving with people just coming in to keep dry.
2007, "Jamie", "Hyde Park Calling 2007", "classic rock magazine readers"
"You know what Paddington is like when it's absolutely heaving. There is nowhere for kids. You're holding their hands, you're holding the luggage, you're trying to move the pram, you're working out where to go. It really is quite stressful.
2022 February 23, Paul Clifton, “A demand for family-friendly trains”, in RAIL, number 951, page 40
plural heavings
An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved. quotations examples
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
His throne rocked with subterraneous heavings.
1893, Thomas De Quincey, The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)
Then he set the jug down wrong side up, and remained glaring at it fixedly, while his chest rose and fell in deep heavings.
1895, Owen Wister, The Dragon of Wantley