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Synonyms of heave in English:

heave


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verb

1‘she heaved the sofa back into place’

SYNONYMS
haul, pull, lug, manhandle, drag, draw, tug
lift, raise, hoist, heft
informal hump, yank
rare upheave
ANTONYMS

push

2‘she heaved half a brick at him’

SYNONYMS
throw, fling, cast, toss, hurl, lob, pitch, send, dash, let fly
informal bung, chuck, sling
North American informal peg
Australian informal hoy
New Zealand informal bish

3‘he heaved a euphoric sigh of relief’

SYNONYMS
let out, breathe, give, sigh, gasp, emit, utter

4‘the sea heaved up and down beneath her’

SYNONYMS
rise and fall, roll, swell, surge, churn, boil, seethe, swirl, billow

5‘she crawled to the rail and heaved into the sea’

SYNONYMS
vomit, retch, gag, bring up, cough up
British be sick
North American get sick
informal throw up, puke, chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn, keck
British informal honk, sick up
Scottish informal boke
North American informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies, blow chunks