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Nouns (20)

sigh

n. an utterance made by exhaling audibly

sigh

n. a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees"

n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

heave

n. throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"

heave

n. the act of lifting something with great effort

heave

n. (geology) a horizontal dislocation

A, ampere, amp

n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

A, angstrom, angstrom unit

n. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

A, vitamin A, axerophthol, antiophthalmic factor

n. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

heave, lift, raise, elevation

n. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

Verbs (19)

sigh

v. utter with a sigh

heave

v. throw with great effort

heave

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

heave, gag

v. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

heave, utter a sound

v. utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"

sigh, utter a sigh

v. heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

heave, heft, heave up, heft up

v. lift or elevate

heave, surge, billow

v. become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (146)

promotion

n. act of raising in rank or position

shove

n. the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"

pelt, pepper

v. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"

pitch, toss, flip, sky

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

heave, heft, heave up, heft up

v. lift or elevate

hover, levitate

v. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

put, position, place, set, pose, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

hike, boost

v. increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"

boost, shove upward, push upward

v. push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"

hoist, run up

v. raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

heft

v. test the weight of something by lifting it

tug, lug, tote, lug along, tote along

v. carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"

drag, draw, shlep, pull along

v. pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"

drag, haul, cart

v. draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

tow, drag behind

v. drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"

drag, draw, puff

v. suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

puff, huff

v. blow hard

puff

v. smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"

deform, change form, change shape

v. assume a different shape or form

cripple

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

gnarl

v. twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

maim, wound seriously, injure seriously

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

murder, mangle, mutilate

v. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

twist, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

grab, force away, wrest, pull away

v. pull away

jerk, yank

v. pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

wring, deform, distort, contort

v. twist and press out of shape

debauch, pervert, corrupt, vitiate, debase, demoralize, profane, deprave, misdirect

v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

strain, deform, distort

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

prejudice, prepossess

v. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

twist

v. form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough"

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

heave, surge, billow

v. become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

heave

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

hover, levitate

v. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

put, position, place, set, pose, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

hike, boost

v. increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"

hoist, run up

v. raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

tug, lug, tote, lug along, tote along

v. carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"

jerk, hitch, buck

v. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"

drag, draw, shlep, pull along

v. pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"

drag, haul, cart

v. draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

tow, drag behind

v. drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"

swell, distend, swell up

v. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

bulk, bulge, cause to bulge

v. cause to bulge or swell outwards

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (4)

straighten out, straighten

v. make straight

clarify, clear by heating

v. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

heave a sigh

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