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Verb heave has 8 senses
- heave - utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
--1 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- heave - throw with great effort
--2 is one way to throw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- billow, surge, heave - rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
--3 is one way to inflate, blow up
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- heave, heave up, heft, heft up - lift or elevate
--4 is one way to lift
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- heave - nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
--5 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- pant, puff, gasp, heave - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
--6 is one way to blow
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- heave, buckle, warp - bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"
--7 is one way to change surface
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- gag, heave, retch - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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