heaves
Lifts with effort
Heaves functions as both verb and noun.
As a verb, it's the third-person singular of heave—to lift with effort, to throw, or to rise and fall rhythmically: The ship heaves in the swell, She heaves the bag onto the counter.
As a noun, the heaves refers to a chronic respiratory condition in horses causing labored breathing, or to the dry heaves—retching without vomiting: I had the dry heaves all morning.
Heaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
upchuck · barf · puke · spew · emesis · bilious · queasy · stomach
Raising with effort
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- pullingForce toward oneself
- tuggingPulling with short jerks
- strainingExerting intense effort
hefting · lugging · dragging · shouldering · muscling · grunting · exertion · effort
Breathing in sharp gulps
- pantingRapid labored breathing
- labored breathingEffortful, strained respiration
- wheezingHarsh, whistling respiration
- sighingAudible breath of emotion
sobbing · hyperventilation · chest · lungs · diaphragm · breathless · dyspnea · respiratory
Act of ascending
- surgingRising with sudden force
- billowingPuffing out dramatically
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- undulatingMoving in waves
rolling · pitching · cresting · churning · roiling · waves · ocean · sea
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- equineOf the horse family
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- chronicPersisting over time
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
wheezing · stable · veterinary · dust allergy · hay · barn · lungs · breathing difficulty
retching
Heaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
regurgitation · upchuck · barf · puke · spew · emesis · bilious · queasy · stomach · sick
hoisting
Raising with effort
straining · hefting · lugging · dragging · shouldering · muscling · grunting · exertion · effort · hoist
gasping
Breathing in sharp gulps
- pantingRapid labored breathing
- labored breathingEffortful, strained respiration
- wheezingHarsh, whistling respiration
sighing · sobbing · hyperventilation · chest · lungs · diaphragm · breathless · dyspnea · respiratory · exhale
rising
Act of ascending
undulating · rolling · pitching · cresting · churning · roiling · waves · ocean · sea · tides
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- equineOf the horse family
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- chronicPersisting over time
coughing · wheezing · stable · veterinary · dust allergy · hay · barn · lungs · breathing difficulty · pasture
- dry heaveGag without expelling
- dry heavingGagging without expelling anything
- dry heavedGagged without expelling
- heave hoForcible ejection or sailors' cry
- old heave-ho
- give someone the heave-hoExpel someone unceremoniously
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