HEAVING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

heaving

verb

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present participle of heave

as in hoisting

to lift with effort I heaved my duffel bag into the bus's overhead compartment

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as in vomiting

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 lifting

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 throwing

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 panting

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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In at least one case report from 2007, a woman took 18 tablets of a lithium supplement called Find Serenity Now at once and went to the hospital after vomiting.

Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Illness begins suddenly and symptoms include high fever, muscle pains, bleeding, severe headaches, diarrhea and vomiting blood.

Robert Hart, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024

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