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We think the answer is "HEAVES" which means:
- noun
- • A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks verb
- • To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- • To throw, cast.
- • To rise and fall.
- • To utter with effort.
- • To pull up with a rope or cable.
- • To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
- • To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
- • To displace (a vein, stratum).
- • To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
- • To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
- • To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
- • To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
- • To rob; to steal from; to plunder.
An example sentence would be:
- • "After a long hike, he experienced heaves and had to stop to catch his breath."
- • "The intense coughing caused chest heaves, leaving him exhausted."
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New York Times09 Aug 1986 | Across 63 | |
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