Entry Word: heave

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to lift with effort <I heaved my duffel bag into the busʼs overhead compartment>

Synonyms boost, heft, hoist, jack (up)

Related Words elevate, hike, raise, rear, up, uplift, upraise

Near Antonyms drop, lower; sink, submerge, submerse

2 to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth <heaved as soon as he stepped off the roller coaster> — see vomit
3 to move from a lower to a higher place or position <heaved the bucket from the bottom of the well> — see raise 1
4 to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm <heaved the brick over the fence> — see throw