'Heaves' definitions:
Definition of 'heaves'
(from WordNet)
noun
A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks [syn: heaves, broken wind]
Definition of 'Heaves'
From: GCIDE
- Heaves \Heaves\, n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Heaves'
- Heave,
- Heaved,
- Heaving,
- To heave about,
- To heave at,
- To heave in,
- To heave up,
- heave up,
- Heave offering,
- To heave a ship down,
- To heave a ship to,
- To heave in sight,
- To heave in stays,
- To heave out a sail,
- To heave taut,
- To heave the lead,
- To heave the log,
- To heave up anchor,
- frost heave,
- frost heaving,
- To heave a cable short,
- To heave a ship ahead