1. heaves - Noun
2. heaves - Verb
A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA little noiseless noise among the leaves, Born of the very sigh that silence heaves. John Keats
Some animals on Earth regurgitate as opposed to vomit, i. e., stomach contents flow up into the esophagus without any forceful abdominal contractions. What I experienced in zero gravity was similar to this, expulsion without the heaves. Vanna Bonta
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm. Emily Dickinson
The end is near," Moridin said. "The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps. He must know pain of heart. He must know frustration, and he must know anguish. Bring these to him. And you will be rewarded. Robert Jordan
The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. Robert Browning
With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Homer