heaving

[hee-ving] / ˈhi vɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

billowy

Synonyms

WEAK

bouncing bouncy bulgy distended ebbing and flowing puffy rippled rippling rising rising and falling rolling swelling swirling swollen undulating waving wavy

NOUN

cast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

casting

STRONG

ejection expulsion fling flinging heave hurl hurling launching lob lobbing pitch pitching projection propulsion shooting sling slinging thrust thrusting toss tossing

Antonyms

WEAK

catch keeping retention

NOUN

panting

Synonyms

STRONG

gasping respiring

WEAK

breathless short-winded

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International rescue teams and frantic families are in a race against time, heaving debris aside in a desperate bid to find the last survivors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

And it wasn’t lost on Rove that the spindly, excitable man narrating that story for them in a thick Hungarian accent “was once a 16-year-old picking up paving blocks and heaving them at Soviet tanks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Archer heaving a couple of sixes was the inspiration for Root to whip out his trademark - a reverse-scoop off Boland for a maximum.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Shopping areas, including the market of Addisu Gebeya, were heaving in Addis Ababa on New Year's Eve, despite the rain - as people rushed to prepare for the celebrations.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

The abrupt change of direction and Melyngar’s heaving burst of speed threw Taran off balance.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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