- Look up
heave or
heaving in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Heave or
heaving may
refer to:
Heave (translational motion), one of the
translational degrees...
- In sailing,
heaving to (to
heave to and to be hove to) is a way of
slowing a
sailing vessel's
forward progress, as well as
fixing the helm and sail positions...
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Frost heaving (or a
frost heave) is an
upwards swelling of soil
during freezing conditions caused by an
increasing presence of ice as it
grows towards...
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mounted on a
heaving platform.
Techniques include active heave compensation and p****ive
heave compensation—the two
traditional types of
heave compensation—as...
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Heaval is the
highest hill on the
Outer Hebridean island of Barra, Scotland. The
highest point is 383
metres high
above sea
level and it is
located 1.5 km...
- "
Heave Away" (also
Heave Away, My Johnny) is a
traditional sea shanty, with
origins unknown. The
earliest print version of the song is from a collection...
- A
heaving line knot is a
family of
knots which are used for
adding weight to the end of a rope, to make the rope
easier to throw. In
nautical use, a heaving...
- A
parasternal heave, lift, or
thrust is a
precordial impulse that may be felt (palpated) in
patients with
cardiac or
respiratory disease.
Precordial impulses...
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Heave Ho is a
platform party video game
developed by Le
Cartel Studio and
published by
Devolver Digital. In
Heave Ho,
players must
navigate their characters...
- Ice shove, a
heave of ice from an
ocean or
large lake onto the s****.
Frost heaving, an
upwards swelling of soil
during freezing conditions caused by an...
