Meaning & use
heaved
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Lifted or threw something heavy with great effort, or rose and fell rhythmically as in breathing.
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The workers heaved the fallen tree trunk off the road.
Her chest heaved as she caught her breath after the sprint.
A note on using this word
"Heaved" can also mean to vomit or retch, as in "he heaved over the side of the boat," a sense distinct from its meaning of lifting.
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2. verb
Vomited or retched.
The seasick passenger heaved over the rail of the ferry.
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