Heave vs. Throw — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Heave and Throw
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Heave
To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force
Heaved the box of books onto the table.
Throw
To propel through the air with a motion of the hand or arm.
Heave
To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl
Heave the shot.
Heaved a brick through the window.
Throw
To propel or discharge into the air by any means
A machine that throws tennis balls.
Ash that was thrown by an erupting volcano.
Heave
To throw or toss
Heaved his backpack into the corner.
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Throw
To cause to move with great force or speed; propel or displace
Threw themselves on the food.
Jetsam that had been thrown up onto the shore.
Heave
To give out or utter with effort or pain
Heaved a sigh.
Heaved a groan.
Throw
To force (an opponent) to the ground or floor, as in wrestling or the martial arts.
Heave
To vomit (something).
Throw
To cause to fall off
The horse threw its rider.
Heave
To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable
Hove the anchor up and set sail.
Throw
(Informal) To cause confusion or perplexity in; disconcert or nonplus
We didn't let our worries throw us.
Heave
To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling
Hove the ship astern.
Throw
To put on or off hastily or carelessly
Throw on a jacket.
Heave
To make rise or swell
The wind heaving huge waves.
An exhausted dog heaving its chest.
Throw
To put suddenly or forcefully into a given condition, position, or activity
Threw him into a fit of laughter.
Threw some supper together.
Threw her leg over the arm of the chair.
Heave
(Geology) To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).
Throw
To devote, apply, or direct
Threw all their resources into the new endeavor.
Threw the blame onto the others.
Heave
To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge
The sidewalk froze and heaved.
Throw
To form on a potter's wheel
Throw a vase.
Heave
To rise and fall in turn, as waves.
Throw
To twist (fibers) into thread.
Heave
To gag or vomit.
Throw
To roll (dice).
Heave
To pant; gasp
Heave for air.
Throw
To roll (a particular combination) with dice.
Heave
To move in a certain direction or to a specified position
The frigate hove alongside.
Throw
To discard or play (a card).
Heave
To pull at or haul a rope or cable
The brig is heaving around on the anchor.
Throw
To send forth; project
She threw me a look of encouragement.
Heave
To push at a capstan bar or lever.
Throw
To cause (one's voice) to seem to come from a source other than oneself.
Heave
The act or effort of raising or lifting something
With a great heave hauled the fish onto the deck.
Throw
To cause to fall on or over something; cast
The rising sun threw shadows across the lawn. We threw sheets over the furniture before we painted the ceiling.
Heave
An act of hurling; a throw, especially when considered in terms of distance
A heave of 63 feet.
Throw
To bear (young). Used of cows or horses, for example.
Heave
A horizontal dislocation, as of a rock stratum, at a fault.
Throw
To arrange or give (a party, for example).
Heave
An upward movement of a surface, especially when caused by swelling and expansion of clay, removal of overburden, or freezing of subsurface water.
Throw
To move (a lever or switch) in order to activate, deactivate, or control a device.
Heave
An upward movement, especially of a ship or aircraft.
Throw
(Informal) To lose or give up (a contest, for example) purposely.
Heave
The act or an instance of gagging or vomiting.
Throw
To abandon oneself to; have
Heard the news and threw a fit.
Heave
Heaves (used with a sing. or pl. verb) See recurrent airway obstruction.
Throw
To commit (oneself), especially for leniency or support
Threw himself on the mercy of the court.
Heave
(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.
Throw
To deliver (a punch), as in boxing
Threw a left hook.
Heave
(transitive) To throw, cast.
They heaved rocks into the pond.
The cap'n hove the body overboard.
Throw
To cast, fling, or hurl something.
Heave
(intransitive) To rise and fall.
Her chest heaved with emotion.
Throw
The act or an instance of throwing.
Heave
(transitive) To utter with effort.
She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
Throw
The distance to which something is or can be thrown
A stone's throw away.
Heave
To pull up with a rope or cable.
Heave up the anchor there, boys!
Throw
A roll or cast of dice.
Heave
To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
Throw
The combination of numbers so obtained.
Heave
(intransitive) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
Throw
(Informal) A single chance, venture, or instance
"could afford up to forty-five bucks a throw to wax sentimental over their heritage" (John Simon).
Heave
To displace (a vein, stratum).
Throw
(Sports) The act of throwing or a technique used to throw an opponent in wrestling or the martial arts.
Heave
To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
The wind heaved the waves.
Throw
A light blanket or coverlet, such as an afghan.
Heave
To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
To heave the ship ahead
Throw
A scarf or shawl.
Heave
(intransitive) To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.
Throw
The radius of a circle described by a crank, cam, or similar machine part.
Heave
(intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
Throw
The maximum displacement of a machine part moved by another part, such as a crank or cam.
Heave
To rob; to steal from; to plunder.
Throw
(Geology) The amount of vertical displacement of a fault.
Heave
An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
Throw
(transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
Throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider
Heave
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.
Throw
(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
Heave
A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
Throw
(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
Throw the switch
Heave
(nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
Throw
(ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
Heave
An effort to vomit; retching.
Throw
To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
Heave
Broken wind in horses.
Throw
To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.
Heave
(cricket) A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
Throw
To intentionally lose a game.
The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
Heave
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.
One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below.
Here a little child I stand,Heaving up my either hand.
Throw
To confuse or mislead.
The deliberate red herring threw me at first.
Heave
To throw; to cast; - obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
Throw
(figuratively) To send desperately.
Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.
Heave
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.
Throw
(transitive) To imprison.
The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.
Heave
To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
The wretched animal heaved forth such groans.
Throw
To organize an event, especially a party.
Heave
To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
The glittering, finny swarmsThat heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores.
Throw
(ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
Heave
To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
And the huge columns heave into the sky.
Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap.
The heaving sods of Bunker Hill.
Throw
(transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
Heave
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.
Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves.
The heaving plain of ocean.
Throw
To discard.
Heave
To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation ever since Wyclif's days.
Throw
(martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
Heave
To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
Throw
To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
Heave
An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
After many strains and heavesHe got up to his saddle eaves.
Throw
(transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
Heave
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.
There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves,You must translate.
None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would settle . . . or swallow them.
Throw
(transitive) To project or send forth.
Heave
A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
Throw
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. I don't see, that "spreading" could be any meaning of "putting on". Was it meant to be a second meaning?
Heave
An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling);
The heaving of waves on a rough sea
Throw
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.
Heave
(geology) a horizontal dislocation
Throw
To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
Heave
The act of lifting something with great effort
Throw
(transitive) To install (a bridge).
Heave
An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting;
A bad case of the heaves
Throw
To twist or turn.
A thrown nail
Heave
The act of raising something;
He responded with a lift of his eyebrow
Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
Throw
(American football) pass
Heave
Throwing something heavy (with great effort);
He gave it a mighty heave
He was not good at heaving passes
Throw
To deliver.
Heave
Utter a sound, as with obvious effort;
She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do
Throw
Of animals: to give birth to (young).
Heave
Throw with great effort
Throw
Obsolete spelling of throe
Heave
Rise and move, as in waves or billows;
The army surged forward
Throw
The flight of a thrown object.
What a great throw by the quarterback!
Heave
Lift or elevate
Throw
The act of throwing something.
With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.
Heave
Nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position;
The vessel hove into sight
Throw
One's ability to throw.
He's got a girl's throw.
He's always had a pretty decent throw.
Heave
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;
The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
Throw
A distance travelled; displacement.
The throw of the piston
Heave
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat;
The highway buckled during the heatwave
Throw
A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
Heave
Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Throw
A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
Throw
(veterinary medicine) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
Throw
(obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
Throw
(obsolete) A period of time; a while.
Throw
Obsolete spelling of throe
Throw
Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
Throw
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
I will with Thomas speak a little throw.
Throw
The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw,He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe.
Throw
A stroke; a blow.
Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws.
Throw
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
Throw
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
Throw
An effort; a violent sally.
Your youth admiresThe throws and swellings of a Roman soul.
Throw
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.
Throw
A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
Throw
A turner's lathe; a throwe.
Throw
The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; - according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.
Throw
To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; - distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
Throw
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.
Throw
To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
Throw
To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
Throw
To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
Throw
To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
Set less than thou throwest.
Throw
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw.
Throw
To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
There the snake throws her enameled skin.
Throw
To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
Throw
To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
I have thrownA brave defiance in King Henry's teeth.
Throw
To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; - said especially of rabbits.
Throw
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.
Throw
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
Throw
The act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist);
The catcher made a good throw to second base
Throw
A single chance or instance;
He couldn't afford $50 a throw
Throw
The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
Throw
The distance that something can be thrown;
It is just a stone's throw from here
Throw
Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
Throw
The throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome randomly;
He risked his fortune on a throw of the dice
Throw
Project through the air;
Throw a frisbee
Throw
Move violently, energetically, or carelessly;
She threw herself forwards
Throw
Get rid of;
He shed his image as a pushy boss
Shed your clothes
Throw
Place or put with great energy;
She threw the blanket around the child
Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar
Throw
Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;
Throw a glance
She gave me a dirty look
Throw
Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;
Switch on the light
Throw the lever
Throw
Put or send forth;
She threw the flashlight beam into the corner
The setting sun threw long shadows
Cast a spell
Cast a warm light
Throw
To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly;
Jane threw dinner together
Throw the car into reverse
Throw
Cause to be confused emotionally
Throw
Utter with force; utter vehemently;
Hurl insults
Throw accusations at someone
Throw
Organize or be responsible for;
Hold a reception
Have, throw, or make a party
Give a course
Throw
Make on a potter's wheel;
She threw a beautiful teapot
Throw
Cause to fall off;
The horse threw its unexperienced rider
Throw
Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface;
Throw a six
Throw
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;
These questions confuse even the experts
This question completely threw me
This question befuddled even the teacher
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