heave

1a :  an effort to pull or raise something with each heave of the ropeb :  an act or instance of throwing :  hurl gave the ball a heave toward the basket

2 :  an upward motion :  rising; especially :  a rhythmical rising the heave of his chest

3 geology :  horizontal displacement especially by the faulting of a rock the total heave of the strata

4 heaves plural in form but singular or plural in construction, veterinary medicine :  chronic pulmonary emphysema of the horse resulting in difficult expiration, heaving of the flanks, and a persistent cough

1 :  to raise with an effort Help me heave this box onto the truck.

2 :  hurl, throw He heaved rocks into the water.

3 :  to utter with an effort She heaved a sigh of relief.

4 :  to rise and fall again and again The runner's chest was heaving.

5 :  to be thrown or raised up Frost caused the ground to heave.

1 :  an effort to lift or raise With a final heave they jammed him into the crate. — E. B. White, Charlotte's Web

2 :  a forceful throw

3 :  an upward motion (as of the chest in breathing or of waves in motion)