heave synonyms

heave

n.

throw, hurl, fling, cast, wing, toss; see also pitch 2.

heave

v.

  1. To raise laboriously

    lift, hoist, boost; see raise 1.

  2. 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. *

  3. To throw

    hurl, fling, cast; see throw 1.

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