Definitions for "Heaving"
Keywords:  thaws, freezes, swell, collapse, rise
A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
the partial or complete collapse of the walls of a hole resulting from internal pressures due primarily to swelling from hydration or formation gas pressures. See caving.
Applied to the rising of the bottom after removal of the coal; a sharp rise in the floor is called a "hogsback".
Process in which the ground in front of a pipe jack may be displaced forward and upward causing a lifting of the ground surface.
the act of lifting something with great effort
throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"
Keywords:  exertion, breathing
breathing heavily (as after exertion)