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HEAVES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks

Synonyms:

broken wind; heaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("heaves" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb heave

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