Definitions
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- n. Plural form of heave.
- n. A period of retching.
- n. A disease of horses characterized by coughing and difficult breathing.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heave.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A disease of horses, characterized by difficult and laborious respiration.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term heaves is applied almost wholly to an emphysematous condition of the lungs.
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The current is turned on at a signal from the Warden, and the assassin heaves heavily as though the straps would break.
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September stopped, his breath coming in short heaves.
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The discussion covered a number of areas, including the pathophysiology of recurrent airway obstruction (RAO, also called heaves) and its diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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Your "heaves" are at best misguided, but more likely I suspect just disingenuous.
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It will bring out the characteristic symptoms of "heaves" if he has been "doped."
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Horses affected with "heaves" show a double contraction of the muscles in the region of the flank during expiration.
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In some localities where the frost "heaves" the sod to any extent during the winter, it will be advantageous to roll it down in the spring with a heavy roller, doing it just after a heavy rain.
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Still another had the "heaves" so badly that its breathing could be heard twenty rods away.
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Lung trouble, such as bronchitis and "heaves," often follows their use.
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