heaving

1. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

   We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.

2. To throw, cast.

   The cap'n hove the body overboard.

3. To rise and fall.

   Her chest heaved with emotion.

4. To utter with effort.

   She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.

5. To pull up with a rope or cable.

   Heave up the anchor there, boys!

6. To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
7. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
8. To displace (a vein, stratum).
9. To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

   The wind heaved the waves.

10. To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

    to heave the ship ahead

11. To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

    The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.

12. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
13. To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

noun

An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.

adjective

Crowded with people.