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as in hoists
to lift with effort
I heaved my duffel bag into the bus's overhead compartment
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2
as in vomits
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
heaved as soon as he stepped off the roller coaster
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as in lifts
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
heaved the bucket from the bottom of the well
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as in throws
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
heaved the brick over the fence
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as in gasps
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
by the time he reached the top step of the tower, he was heaving
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Recent Examples of heaves
Jason Kirk, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
Several mega-talented Georgia defensive backs appeared to short-circuit and forget how to track a ball in the air on Tennessee heaves.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaves
Verb
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Tramell Tillman hoists his trophy up high at the Apple TV+ party.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Matthew hoists the Cup on the cover of the standard edition of NHL 26 — the first player to do so since Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks on NHL 16.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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That horrible mistake reveals itself several scenes later when Katie projectile vomits into her windshield.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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The fragrance opens with this bright, fizzy combination of raspberry, orange flower, and mandarin that immediately lifts your mood.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
10 Oct. 2025
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But unpaid bills can stack up and leave residents in deep trouble by the time the moratorium lifts, Rodriguez said.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Both of the scores came on wide open throws to big-bodied pass-catchers, fullback Hunter Luepke and tight end Jake Ferguson.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Denegal was on target for the second straight game, completing 14 of 17 passes against Nevada a week after hitting on 13 of 16 throws against Colorado State.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Demerzel gasps, and for once Day isn’t preening in the mirror but bowing his head.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The collision hurls Keevik toward me, nearly tossing me into the water.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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Jupiter’s gravitational pull also hurls enormous rocks around within the asteroid belt.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Fernandes Anderson was staring down an impending $5,000 fine for a state ethics violation around that time period, for hiring two immediate family members to her City Council staff, giving them raises, and in the case of her sister, a bonus.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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The man's defense attorneys said in a statement Thursday that the verdict raises questions about what is considered espionage under Norwegian law.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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When the Linguina Monograno all’Astice arrives, there are oohs and aahs as a waiter tosses the pasta in front of guests and finishes with a sprinkling of zest from a cedro, a large Italian citrus.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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The second of those four TD tosses was the 250th of Mahomes’ career, and no quarterback in NFL history had reached that milestone in fewer games.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Heaves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaves. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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