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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Idioms for heave
Origin of heave
First recorded before 900; Middle English heven, variant (with -v- from simple past tense and past participle) of hebben, Old English hebban; cognate with German heben, Old Norse hefja, Gothic hafjan; akin to Latin capere “to take”
synonym study for heave
1. See raise.
OTHER WORDS FROM heave
heaver, nounheaveless, adjectiveun·heaved, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for heave
heave
/ (hiːv) /
verb heaves, heaving or heaved or mainly nautical hove
noun
Derived forms of heave
heaver, nounWord Origin for heave
Old English hebban; related to Old Norse hefja, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German heffen to raise, Latin capere to take, Sanskrit kapatī two hands full
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