Heave

//hiːv//

Synonyms for "heave" (479 found)

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Closest matches (96)

Strong matches (144)

dirty water disgorge downcurve draft drag draggle draught draughtsman draughty draw eagre ebb and flow egest elevate erect escalate fastball feed the fish feel disgust fidget

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Verb(46 words)

disgorge drive the porcelain bus dump embezzle erupt feck filch fleece fling flog gaffle gasp get sick gilravage half-inch heave up heft up heist hield hoist

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honk hoy huck hurtle jack jerk kidnap kipe knock off kyper labour launch launch one's lunch liberate lift lob loot lose one's lunch make off with mill misappropriate mooch moonlight requisition mound nick nip

Noun(2 words)

heaving lift

Intj(1 words)

huzzah

Related words (239)

overextend overextension overstrain overstress overtax overtaxing palpitate pass peak peg pelt perk up pitch pitch and toss pitchfork plunge popple pound press puff

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puke pull put put the shot quake quaver quiver rack raise raise up ratline down rear rear up reel regurgitate reject retch riffle ripple rise rise and fall rock roll roller rough water scend screwball sea send serve service set up shake shiver shoot shot put shot-put shy shy at sick up sicken at sigh sinker sky slider sling sling at smash snake snap spar down spew spitball spitter squirm stick up strain strain every nerve straining stream the log stress stress and strain stressfulness stretch surf surge sway sweat blood swell swell with emotion swing take in tow tax taxing tense tension thrill thrill to throb throw throw at throw up tidal bore tidal wave tide wave tilt tingle tingle with excitement toss toss and tumble toss and turn toss at tow trail train traverse a yard trawl tremble troll trough tsunami tug tumble turn on turn on to twist and turn twitch twitter undulate undulation unlash up upbuoy upcast upchuck upcurve upheave uphoist uphold uplift upraise uprear upthrow utter vomit wallow warp water wave wave wavelet welter white horses whitecaps wiggle wriggle writhe yaw

Verb(80 words)

own pant peck peculate peg pick pickpocket pilfer pillage pinch pirate pitch plunder poach pocket pray to the porcelain god precipitate prig project puff

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Noun(2 words)

raise retch

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

23 entries

actuation ascending ascension ascent blow blow up change surface emit inflate let loose let out lift loft motion move movement

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Synonyms

4 entries

billow gag lift pant

Related terms

2 entries

heavy heft

coordinate

1 entries

pitch

derived

18 entries

dry-heave frost heave heave in sight heave in view heave into sight heave into view heave offering heave the log heave to heave-ho heave-shoulder heaveless heaver overheave pyritic heave

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has context

5 entries

geology mining nautical thieves uk

is a

4 entries

movement rise spasm throw

manner of

5 entries

change surface lift move throw utter

related to

21 entries

broken wind cast dislocation displace horizontal horse intersection lift lode metallic pitch plunder pull raise retch rob

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Translations

64 translations across 21 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

hedh verb (to throw)
hidhe verb (to rise and fall)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вълнение noun (a rhythmical rise and fall)
вдигам verb (to lift)
вълнувам се verb (to rise and fall)
надигам се verb (to rise and fall)

Czech

4 entries

nadzvednutí noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
vyzdvižení noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
zdvižení noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
zvednutí noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)

Danish

3 entries

hive verb (to throw)
hæve verb (to lift)
løfte verb (to lift)

Dutch

3 entries

heffen noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
tillen noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
kokhalzen verb (to retch)

Finnish

4 entries

nostaminen noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
kakoa verb (to retch)
kohoilla verb (to rise and fall)
nostaa verb (to lift)

French

1 entries

hisser verb (to lift)

German

4 entries

heben verb (to lift)
hieven verb (to lift)
schleudern verb (to throw)
werfen verb (to throw)

Greek

3 entries

ανακατεύομαι verb (to retch)
ανεβοκατεβαίνω verb (to rise and fall)
σηκώνω verb (to lift)

Italian

1 entries

sollevamento noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)

Korean

1 entries

오르다 verb (to lift)

Māori

3 entries

hotu noun (a rhythmical rise and fall)
hapahapai verb (to rise and fall)
hotu verb (to rise and fall)

Norwegian

3 entries

heve verb (to lift)
hive verb (to throw)
lufte verb (to lift)

Old Saxon

1 entries

hebbian noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

اوكورمك verb (to retch)

Portuguese

1 entries

levantar verb (to lift)

Romanian

3 entries

arunca verb (to throw)
ridica verb (to lift)
zvârli verb (to throw)

Russian

2 entries

поднима́ние noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
подня́тие noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)

Spanish

3 entries

ondular noun (a rhythmical rise and fall)
basquear verb (to retch)
tirar verb (to throw)

Swedish

3 entries

hävning noun (An effort to raise something, as a weight, or oneself, or to move something heavy)
häva verb (to lift)
lyfta verb (to lift)

Ukrainian

3 entries

здійматися verb (to rise and fall)
піднімати verb (to lift)
підіймати verb (to lift)

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This ship is outfitted with a windlass to heave up the anchor.

Source: tatoeba (3476703)

Meanwhile still stranger sights appeared by sea and land. Before the crews had time to heave their anchors, the ships of themselves made sail, and a dolphin, leaping and sporting on the waves, swam before the commander's ship as a guide; whilst on shore Chloe's goats and sheep were led along by the sweet music of the pipe, which continued sounding deliciously, though the player was still invisible.

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East, West and squally South-west, with a roar, / swoop down on Ocean, and the surf and sand / mix in dark eddies, and the watery floor / heave from its depths, and roll huge billows to the shore. / Then come the creak of cables and the cries / of seamen.

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Here plying levers, where the flooring shows / weak joists, we heave it over.

Source: tatoeba (6832784)

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