in some beliefs, the dwelling place of God or the gods; the place where good people go when they die: compare earth1, hell
(the heavens) literary the expanse of space that surrounds the earth like a dome; the sky
informal a place or condition of complete happiness
(also in pl) used in exclamations in place of ‘God’
for heaven's sake
Good heavens!
move heaven and earth
to do everything that one can
They moved heaven and earth to get him a place at the school
stink/smell to high heaven
informal to smell terrible
the heavens opened
it suddenly began to pour with rain
[Old English heofon]