Explore Heaves through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Heaves meaning
plural of heave
Synonyms of Heaves
Using Heaves
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of heave
- Useful related words include: broken wind, animal disease.
- In the example corpus, heaves often appears in combinations such as: heaves or.
Context around Heaves
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heaves
- In this selection, "heaves" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paulson, frost, ice and chipping stand out and add context to how "heaves" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include away and heaves chipping the and evan paulson heaves a ball. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heaves" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heaves
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
O’Brien heaves a wide yorker through the covers for two. (11 words)
As the ground freezes and thaws, it heaves up and down. (11 words)
Ground movement is also an issue, frost heaves or earthquakes both break things. (13 words)
Evan Paulson heaves a ball to the end zone on a two-point conversion during West Central Area-Ashby's 48-27 win over Staples-Motley on Friday night. (29 words)
I am no expert on ice heaves or on Lake Okabena or on winter in general, but the ice is doing something I haven’t seen it do before. (29 words)
Aside from that bulbous, decorative cornucopia your aunt heaves out for the occasion, turkey, ham and seafood are among the traditional stars of the holiday table. (26 words)
Example sentences (8)
Wood comes round the wicket to Joseph who backs away and heaves, chipping the ball off the inside edge for four down to fine leg.
Evan Paulson heaves a ball to the end zone on a two-point conversion during West Central Area-Ashby's 48-27 win over Staples-Motley on Friday night.
Ground movement is also an issue, frost heaves or earthquakes both break things.
I am no expert on ice heaves or on Lake Okabena or on winter in general, but the ice is doing something I haven’t seen it do before.
O’Brien heaves a wide yorker through the covers for two.
Aside from that bulbous, decorative cornucopia your aunt heaves out for the occasion, turkey, ham and seafood are among the traditional stars of the holiday table.
Tair is a picture of stoic calm – until his whole body heaves a huge sigh of relief and I realise he hadn’t been breathing.
As the ground freezes and thaws, it heaves up and down.
Common combinations with heaves
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- heaves or 2×