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heave

Main Entry:: ¹ heave
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: heaved or hove, heaving
Language:: English

transitive verb

1 lift, raise : levantar con esfuerzo 2 hurl : lanzar, tirar 3 to heave a sigh : echar un suspiro, suspirar

intransitive verb

1 : subir y bajar, palpitar (dícese del pecho) 2 to heave up rise : levantarse

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