heaving
Rising and falling
Heaving describes intense, rhythmic motion—rising and falling, swelling and subsiding.
A heaving chest moves dramatically with labored breathing; a heaving sea rolls with powerful waves.
When crowds are heaving, they're packed tight and surging together.
The word also covers the physical act of lifting or throwing something heavy with effort: We spent the morning heaving boxes into the truck.
In British slang, a heaving pub is absolutely packed with people.
Heaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- queasyMildly sick to stomach
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
stomach · bile · seasick · carsick · morning sickness · nauseous · convulsing · spewing
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- surgingRising with sudden force
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- choppyBroken into waves
waves · undulating · billowing · stormy · turbulent · whitecaps · ocean · deck
Rapid labored breathing
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
- windedShort of breath
hyperventilating · wheezing · gulping · labored · respiratory · sighing · sobbing · exhalation
Raising with effort
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- pullingForce toward oneself
- strainingExerting intense effort
- tuggingPulling with short jerks
muscling · shouldering · lugging · raising · hefting · deadlifting · dragging · manhandling
retching
Heaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- queasyMildly sick to stomach
sick · stomach · bile · seasick · carsick · morning sickness · nauseous · convulsing · spewing · lurching
swelling
Abnormal tissue enlargement
choppy · waves · undulating · billowing · stormy · turbulent · whitecaps · ocean · deck · tossing
panting
Rapid labored breathing
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
winded · hyperventilating · wheezing · gulping · labored · respiratory · sighing · sobbing · exhalation · rib cage
hoisting
Raising with effort
tugging · muscling · shouldering · lugging · raising · hefting · deadlifting · dragging · manhandling · grunting
throng
Dense pressing crowd
pushing · swaying · pressing · packed · bodies · stadium · mosh pit · crush · seething · masses
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- carryingcarry, carrying, tote, bearing, haul
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, labor, hauling
- forceful actionsslam, smash, crash, bang, pound
heavingstill
Unmoving, or continuing
motionless · stationary · calm · unmoving · static
- dry heavingGagging without expelling anything
- frost heavingIce expansion lifting soil
- heaving lineWeighted cord for tossing
heavy, heave, overhead, upheaval, heaved, heaves, upheave, heave-ho, upheaved