Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heaving to

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
heav-ing -to
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of heave to

Questions

What does heaving to mean?
present participle and gerund of heave to

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