- heaved a sigh of relief
- sighed with relief
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
heaved a sigh of relief
Look at other dictionaries:
sigh — 1 verb (I) 1 to breathe in and out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired etc: “Well, there s nothing we can do about it now,” she sighed. | sigh heavily/deeply: Frankie stared out of the window and sighed… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
relief — /rI li:f/ noun 1 COMFORT (singular, uncountable) a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened: I felt a huge surge of relief and happiness. | be a relief: In a way it was a relief to know… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sigh — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great, heavy, huge ▪ little, slight, small, soft … Collocations dictionary
sigh — [[t]sa͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦♦ sighs, sighing, sighed 1) VERB When you sigh, you let out a deep breath, as a way of expressing feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure. [V prep/adv] Michael sighed wearily... [V prep/adv] Roberta sighed with… … English dictionary
heave a sigh — phrase to let out a deep breath, for example because you are upset or because you are pleased about something Rose heaved a sigh of relief at her luck. Thesaurus: to breathe, or to have difficulty breathingsynonym general regions and organs… … Useful english dictionary
heave a sigh — to let out a deep breath, for example because you are upset or because you are pleased about something Rose heaved a sigh of relief at her luck … English dictionary
heave — heave1 [hi:v] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(pull/lift)¦ 2¦(throw)¦ 3 heave a sigh 4¦(move up and down)¦ 5¦(vomit)¦ 6 heave in sight/into view Phrasal verbs heave to ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: hebban] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
heave — heave1 [ hiv ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to push, pull, or lift a heavy object using a lot of effort: He put his shoulder against the stone and heaved. Lydia heaved herself to the other side of the bed. heave at: She heaved at the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
heave — verb 1) she heaved the sofa backward Syn: haul, pull, lug, drag, draw, tug, heft; informal hump, yank 2) informal she heaved a brick at him Syn: throw, fling, cast … Thesaurus of popular words
Salut D'Amour (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Salut D Amour caption = genre = Comedy, Drama, Romance creator = Jeong Yu kyung developer = presenter = starring = Bae Yong Joon Sung Hyun ah Kwon Oh joong voices = narrated = theme music composer = opentheme =… … Wikipedia
