Synonyms for heave
verb
To raise laboriously
lift, hoist, boost; see raise 1.
To rise and fall
rock, bob, pitch, go up and down, lurch, roll, reel, sway, swell, pant, palpitate, dilate, expand, billow, swirl, throb, waft, ebb and flow, wax and wane, undulate, puff, slosh, wash; see also flow 3, toss 2, wave 3, 4.
Antonyms rest*, lie still, quiet.
To throw
hurl, fling, cast; see throw 1.
See heave in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To move (something) to a higher position:
boost, elevate, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear2, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See riseTo move vigorously from side to side or up and down:
pitch, rock, roll, toss. See repetitionTo send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:
cast, dart, dash, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy2, sling, throw, toss. (Informal) fire. See moveTo utter in a breathless manner:
gasp, pant. See breath, wordsTo eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth:
throw up, vomit. (Slang) puke. See mouth
noun
An instance of lifting or being lifted:
boost, hoist, lift. See riseAn act of throwing:
cast, fling, hurl, launch, pitch, shy2, sling, throw, toss. See move
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