heave
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
Example:
We heaved the chest-of-drawers up to the second-floor landing.
- nounAn effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
Example:
We gave one more heave and the wall toppled over at last.
- verbTo throw, cast.
Example:
They hove rocks into the pond.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,782 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 36% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: e