■ noun
1》 (often Heaven ) a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God or the gods and of the good after death, often depicted as being above the sky.
2》 ( the ~s ) literary the sky.
3》 a place or state of supreme bliss.
4》 (also ~s ) used in exclamations as a substitute for ‘God’: ~ knows!
Phrases
the ~s open it suddenly starts to rain very heavily.
in seventh ~ in a state of ecstasy.
move ~ and earth to do something make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing.
stink (or smell ) to high ~ informal smell very bad.
Derivatives
~ward adjective & adverb
~wards adverb
Origin
OE heofon , of Gmc origin.