Heave vs. Throw

Heaveverb

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

Heaveverb

(transitive) To throw, cast.

Heaveverb

(intransitive) To rise and fall.

Heaveverb

(transitive) To utter with effort.

Heaveverb

To pull up with a rope or cable.

Heaveverb

To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

Heaveverb

(intransitive) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

Heaveverb

To displace (a vein, stratum).

Heaveverb

To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

Heaveverb

To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

Heaveverb

(intransitive) To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

Heaveverb

(intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

Heaveverb

To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

Heavenoun

An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

Heavenoun

An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.

Heavenoun

A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

Heavenoun

(nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.

Heavenoun

An effort to vomit; retching.

Heavenoun

Broken wind in horses.

Heavenoun

(cricket) A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory

Heaveverb

To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; - often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

Heaveverb

To throw; to cast; - obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.

Heaveverb

To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; - mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.

Heaveverb

To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.

Heaveverb

To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.

Heaveverb

To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

Heaveverb

To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle.

Heaveverb

To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

Heaveverb

To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.

Heavenoun

An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.

Heavenoun

An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.

Heavenoun

A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

Heavenoun

an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling);

Heavenoun

(geology) a horizontal dislocation

Heavenoun

the act of lifting something with great effort

Heavenoun

an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting;

Heavenoun

the act of raising something;

Heavenoun

throwing something heavy (with great effort);

Heaveverb

utter a sound, as with obvious effort;

Heaveverb

throw with great effort

Heaveverb

rise and move, as in waves or billows;

Heaveverb

lift or elevate

Heaveverb

nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position;

Heaveverb

breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;

Heaveverb

bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat;

Heaveverb

make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

Throwverb

(transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

Throwverb

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

Throwverb

(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

Throwverb

(ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

Throwverb

to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

Throwverb

To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

Throwverb

(sports) To intentionally lose a game.

Throwverb

To confuse or mislead.

Throwverb

(figuratively) To send desperately.

Throwverb

(transitive) To imprison.

Throwverb

To organize an event, especially a party.

Throwverb

(ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).

Throwverb

(transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

Throwverb

To discard.

Throwverb

(martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

Throwverb

To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

Throwverb

(transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

Throwverb

(transitive) To project or send forth.

Throwverb

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

Throwverb

To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

Throwverb

To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

Throwverb

(transitive) To install (a bridge).

Throwverb

To twist or turn.

Throwverb

To give birth to.

Thrownoun

The flight of a thrown object.

Thrownoun

The act of throwing something.

Thrownoun

One's ability to throw.

Thrownoun

A distance travelled; displacement.

Thrownoun

A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

Thrownoun

A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

Thrownoun

Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

Thrownoun

(veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

Thrownoun

(obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.

Thrownoun

(obsolete) A period of time; a while.

Thrownoun

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

Thrownoun

Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.

Thrownoun

The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

Thrownoun

A stroke; a blow.

Thrownoun

The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

Thrownoun

A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

Thrownoun

An effort; a violent sally.

Thrownoun

The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.

Thrownoun

A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

Thrownoun

A turner's lathe; a throwe.

Thrownoun

The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; - according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

Throwverb

To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; - distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

Throwverb

To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.

Throwverb

To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

Throwverb

To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.

Throwverb

To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

Throwverb

To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

Throwverb

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

Throwverb

To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

Throwverb

To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

Throwverb

To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

Throwverb

To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; - said especially of rabbits.

Throwverb

To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; - sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

Throwverb

To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

Thrownoun

the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist);

Thrownoun

a single chance or instance;

Thrownoun

the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

Thrownoun

the distance that something can be thrown;

Thrownoun

bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something

Thrownoun

the throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome randomly;

Throwverb

project through the air;

Throwverb

move violently, energetically, or carelessly;

Throwverb

get rid of;

Throwverb

place or put with great energy;

Throwverb

convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

Throwverb

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

Throwverb

put or send forth;

Throwverb

to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly;

Throwverb

cause to be confused emotionally

Throwverb

utter with force; utter vehemently;

Throwverb

organize or be responsible for;

Throwverb

make on a potter's wheel;

Throwverb

cause to fall off;

Throwverb

throw (a die) out onto a flat surface;

Throwverb

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;