heaved

verb

variants or hove
past tense of heave
1
as in hoisted
to lift with effort I heaved my duffel bag into the bus's overhead compartment

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2
as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth heaved as soon as he stepped off the roller coaster

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3
as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position heaved the bucket from the bottom of the well

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4
as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm heaved the brick over the fence

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5
as in gasped
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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Recent Examples of heaved Canada did just that and then heaved the ball the length of the court to a wide-open Angel Reese with 15 seconds left. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 In Aleppo, in the suburbs of Damascus, across Syria, people and neighborhoods heaved under the trauma of the last 14 years. — Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 Eddie Williams was taking a merciless pounding against her planking as the sodden wreck heaved and rolled. — James D. Oxley, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026 Rey lifted her hands from the floor and heaved the overstuffed pack closer, then tilted out the contents. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026 Serena looked down, heaved a sigh and hooked her knee around the pole before mustering up a halfhearted spin. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 Fans fought in the streets, heaved bottles, smashed windows and shouted filthy insults in the melee, which left nearly 50 people injured. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 15 June 2026 Bridges fielded a pass, spun around and heaved an errant 3-pointer. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 10 June 2026 And all around the ballpark, fans show their emotional investment with orange traffic cones – printed on shirts, turned into hats, tiny ones hung on earrings, and full-sized ones heaved unwieldily around the stands. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaved
  1. hoisted
  2. vomited
  3. lifted
  4. threw
  5. gasped
  6. hurled
  7. raised
  8. tossed
Verb
  • Scheffler ultimately hoisted the trophy, but Burns locked up another top-five finish, his fourth of the 2026 season.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The wreckage of the Piper 30A was hoisted from the water on Sunday morning.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of hoisted
Verb
  • The next day, Djokovic vomited on the court during the fifth set and lost.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of vomited
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  • Wednesday’s topping-out ceremony, when a construction crew lifted the final structural beam into place, doesn’t change that.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • CrowdStrike's results lifted shares of fellow cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks, up more than 10% on Thursday.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifted
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  • Senior quarterback Brady Cloherty threw a whopping seven TD passes after the Caravan (1-1) faced a 30-point hole in the second quarter.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The seventh-round rookie threw an ugly interception in the first quarter, while backpedaling and off his back foot.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of threw
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  • Some of the more than 100 in attendance in the council chambers gasped or laughed when the town revealed that the fines have only amounted to $1,600 so far.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The defense struggled a bit in the first half with the reserves on the field even after producing a second-quarter interception, and the offense also gasped and wheezed with the reserves on the field.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of gasped
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  • Loaded trucks plodded through the crowd with people in their cargo beds throwing tomatoes at the revelers — who, in turn, hurled them at one another.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • When a massive riot erupted at Soledad on Cinco de Mayo in 1968, Trejo hurled a rock that smashed a prison guard in the head.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurled
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  • Saturday’s result raised UNC’s floor more than its ceiling in my eyes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, according to his older sister Maridale Powell, 89.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of raised
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  • Minutes later the finalists will fight to stay on the back of 2,000-pound animals with names like Man Hater and Buck Nasty for eight excruciating seconds, and then dodge the bull's hooves and horns when they're tossed to the ground.
    — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Martina tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, only allowing two hits and two walks in the international finale.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of tossed

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“Heaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaved. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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