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- Dictionaryheave/hiːv/
verb
- 1. lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort: "she heaved the sofa back into place" Similar Opposite
- 2. produce (a sigh): "he heaved a euphoric sigh of relief" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of heaving: "with that last heave, Maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud"
- 2. a sideways displacement in a fault.
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