heave
Throw with strain
The verb heave suggests movement requiring significant force or weight: Heave the couch up the stairs.
Heave is often used to suggest the movement caused by deep breathing: Brian’s shoulders heaved when he gasped.
If you heave a sigh of relief, you expel lots of breath.
The noun heave designates an act of heaving and is used especially to characterize the movement of waves.
As slang, heaves are associated with vomiting: She had the dry heaves.
Excessive stretching force
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- gruntLow guttural sound
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
toil · push · force · muscle · sweat · grapple · wrestle · work
Raise with tackle
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- pullForce toward oneself
- tugShort forceful pull
raise · yank · drag · wrench · shoulder · boost · elevate · upraise
Gag involuntarily
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- vomitEject stomach contents
- queasyMildly sick to stomach
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
seasick · stomach · bilious · spew · puke · barf · regurgitate · motion sickness
Throw with great force
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- tossLight, casual throw
- pitchFrequency of sound
- chuckThrow carelessly or informally
sling · lob · cast · launch · propel · catapult · shy · pelt
strain
Excessive stretching force
labor · toil · push · force · muscle · sweat · grapple · wrestle · work · endeavor
hoist
Raise with tackle
tug · raise · yank · drag · wrench · shoulder · boost · elevate · upraise · muscle
retch
Gag involuntarily
nausea · seasick · stomach · bilious · spew · puke · barf · regurgitate · motion sickness · queasiness
surge
Sudden powerful increase
undulate · sway · pitch · toss · wave · groundswell · ocean · sea · crest · ebb
hurl
Throw with great force
chuck · sling · lob · cast · launch · propel · catapult · shy · pelt · send
gasp
Sudden sharp breath
exhale · wheeze · gulp · shudder · sob · chest · inhale · respiration · labored · ragged
capstan
Vertical rotating hauling device
- windlassCranked cylinder for lifting
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- block and tacklePulley arrangement for lifting
pulley · anchor · hawser · line · rope · tackle · gangway · mooring · belay
- heavy rainIntense sustained precipitation
- heavy trafficDense vehicle congestion
- heavy metalAggressive amplified rock genre
- heavy snowSubstantial winter precipitation
- heavy liftingArduous physical or mental exertion
- heavy creamHigh-butterfat milk product
heavy, upheaval, heaving, heaved, heaves, upheave, upheaved, upheaving