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Heaving vs Having - What's the difference?

heaving | having |

As verbs the difference between heaving and having

is that heaving is present participle of lang=en while having is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between heaving and having

is that heaving is an occasion on which something heaves or is heaved while having is something owned; possession; goods; estate.

As an adjective heaving

is crowded with people.

heaving

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) crowded with people
  • * 2006, Tim Downie, "Ride Report: Bealach-na-Ba", uk.rec.cycling [http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/browse_thread/thread/af08b5a62b82262c/192dcd8f8dca7b8e?lnk=st&q=%22was+heaving%22&rnum=7#192dcd8f8dca7b8e]
    • 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, "Krusty", "Krusty's Holiday", uk.rec.motorcycles, [http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.motorcycles/browse_thread/thread/f3c43a458f94a29b/bdff0eb3decbb853?lnk=st&q=%22was+heaving%22&rnum=99#]
    • 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.
  • * 2007, "Jamie", "Hyde Park Calling 2007", "classic rock magazine readers", [http://groups.google.com/group/classic-rock-mag-readers/browse_thread/thread/7a5dc153e8401fb9/e32feaabd9dc9423?lnk=st&q=%22was+heaving%22&rnum=8#]
    • At this time it was pissing down and by the time Joe Satriani cam on the tent was heaving with people just coming in to keep dry.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved
  • * {{quote-book, year=1884, author=Edgar Allan Poe, title=The Raven, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=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." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1893, author=Thomas De Quincey, title=The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=His throne rocked with subterraneous heavings . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1895, author=Owen Wister, title=The Dragon of Wantley, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Then he set the jug down wrong side up, and remained glaring at it fixedly, while his chest rose and fell in deep heavings . }}

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    having

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll lend you something; my having is not much.
  • * 1875 , Tennyson, Queen Mary
    • Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade,
    Your rights and charters hobnail' d into slush

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