heave a basket

Frequency: 4.00.8 per million words

To lift a heavy basket with great effort.

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Examples (10)

  • She heaved the huge basket onto the table.
  • With a grunt, he heaved the heavy laundry basket up the stairs.
  • Tomorrow, we will have to heave these baskets of apples onto the truck.
  • Heaving the basket of firewood onto his shoulder, the old man started his journey home.
  • Can you help me heave this basket of potatoes into the car?
  • The gardener had to heave the basket filled with weeds across the lawn.
  • Working together, the two children managed to heave the basket of toys into the chest.
  • On the count of three, let's heave this basket over the wall.
  • I've heaved this same basket of fish from the boat every day for twenty years.
  • It took all her strength to heave the wicker basket, overflowing with produce, onto the counter.