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heaves

verb , present tense third-person singular of heave

Synonyms and Antonyms of heaves

1 to lift with effort

I heaved my duffel bag into the bus's overhead compartment

Synonyms of heaves

boosts, hefts, hoists, jacks (up), upheaves

Words Related to heaves

elevates, hikes, picks up, raises, rears, uplifts, upraises, uprears, ups

Near Antonyms of heaves

depresses, drops, lowers

sinks, submerges, submerses

2 to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

heaved as soon as he stepped off the roller coaster

Synonyms of heaves

barfs, gags, hurls, pukes, retches, spews, spits up, throws up, upchucks, vomits

Words Related to heaves

disgorges, regurgitates

ejects, expels

nauseates

Phrases Synonymous with heaves

loses one's lunch [slang], tosses one's cookies

3 to move from a lower to a higher place or position

heaved the bucket from the bottom of the well

Synonyms of heaves

boosts, cranes, elevates, hefts, heightens, hikes, hoists, jacks (up), lifts, perks (up), picks up, raises, takes up, upholds, uplifts, upraises, ups

Words Related to heaves

ascends, mounts, rises

rears, upends

Near Antonyms of heaves

descends, dips, falls, pitches, plunges, slips

bears, depresses, presses, pushes

sinks, submerges

Antonyms of heaves

drops, lowers

4 to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

heaved the brick over the fence

Synonyms of heaves

casts, catapults, chucks, dashes, fires, flings, hurls, hurtles, launches, lobs, lofts, pegs, pelts, pitches, slings, throws, tosses

Words Related to heaves

bowls, darts, flips, guns, hooks, passes, rolls, shoots

bucks, ejects, impels, precipitates, projects, propels, rifles, thrusts

Phrases Synonymous with heaves

lets fly

5 to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty

by the time he reached the top step of the tower, he was heaving

Synonyms of heaves

blows, gasps, hyperventilates, pants, puffs, wheezes

Words Related to heaves

chokes, gags, gulps, huffs

asphyxiates, smothers, stifles, strangles

snores, snuffles

exhales, expires

Phrases Synonymous with heaves

is out of breath

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