A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

Eager longing.

A violent palpitation of the heart.

To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

To long for (something); to be eager for (something).

Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.

To sigh; to flutter; to languish.

To heave, as the breast.

To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.

A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).

(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.

(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.