heaver

H4E1A1V4E1R1
/ˈhiːvə(ɹ)/

noun

One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.

“a coal heaver”

OriginEnglish heave ← Middle English heven ← Old English hebban →
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Meanings

nounheaver (plural heavers)

plural heavers

  1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.

    a coal heaver

  2. A bar used as a lever.

    The spar snapping under them in the slings, as they sought, with heavers, to beat down the icy sail.

    1856, Herman Melville, Benito Cereno

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
  5. Old Englishhebban
  6. Middle Englishheven
  7. Englishheave
  8. Englishheaver

From heave + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian носач, повдигач
  • носач (nosač)One who, or that which, heaves or lifts
  • повдигач (povdigač)One who, or that which, heaves or lifts
Hungarian hévér
  • hévérOne who, or that which, heaves or lifts

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with heaver

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Anagrams

rehave
Cite this entry
APA

heaver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heaver

MLA

“heaver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heaver. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heaver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heaver.

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