Synonyms for heave
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Throw — to throw, cast
throw, hurl, toss, fling, pitch, lob, send, sling, dump, launch, bong, tumble, bowl, project, shy, propel, dart, lance, warp dated rare, hurtle formal dated, jerk dated, cast dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To throw, cast.
They hove rocks into the pond.
- v. 2
To pull up with a rope or cable.
Heave up the anchor there, boys!
- v. 3
To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.
- v. 4
To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
He hove himself out of the bed.
Related words
- Word family
- heave-ho heavy
- Phrases
- heave in sight heave in view heave to frost heave heave offering
Forms
- Past participle
- heaved
e.g. heaved → thrun, hurled, tossed, pitched…
Example sentences
- throw His house is within a stone's throw of his school.
- toss The coin toss decides who will kick off the match.
- fling "It was just a fling." "I'm filing for a divorce."
- hurl I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
- retch Sorry for what I wrote, because I wanted to retch.
By length
- 2 letters
- ug
- 3 letters
- shy1, gag1, lob1
- 4 letters
- send1, cast1, pull1, draw1, bowl1, lift1, dump1, jerk1, toss1, warp1, bong1, dart1, gasp1, puff1
- 5 letters
- throw1, tower2, pitch1, boost1, chuck1, lance1, surge1, purge1, swell1, mound1, vomit2, fling1, sling1, churn1
- 6 letters
- launch1, tumble2, uplift2, propel2, pulley2, billow2, hurtle2, teagle2
- 7 letters
- project2, breathe1, elevate3, upchuck
- 8 letters
- disgorge2
- 11 letters
- regurgitate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tower2 = 2 syllables).