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Answer for the clue "Thrust upward ", 6 letters:
heaved
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Word definitions for heaved in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: heave )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Heaved (h[=e]vd), or Hove (h[=o]v); p. p. Heaved , Hove , formerly Hoven (h[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving .] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel. ...
Usage examples of heaved.
Finding a bucket and a line, he heaved it overboard and to my amused astonishment, he started to sluice the clothing up and down in the clean seawater.
Teddy heaved himself out of the water and stood dripping to congratulate Alec.
When the snake's corpse finally settled to an occasional twitch, they heaved it into the heli.
Shahanna heaved herself away from the fishboat and began treading wa ter halfway between both contenders.
He heaved himself out of the pilot chair and floated across the lounge, his ex pression bleak and weary.
The door swung shut after it, and Alex heaved a very real sigh of relief.
One native heaved a sack from the mine entrance and tossed it over his head.
An evil-looking bubble of brown and green mud heaved and burst and formed again, roiling continuously in the midst of the tall grass covering the rest of the basin.
The control panel shrank under his hands, then swelled and heaved like a storm-tossed sea.
Dropping down into the corridor and grasping the pirate's weapon, she heaved it up.
The fabricator slewed out of the broken cradle and onto the bent legs of the crew chief as she heaved back at the weight ten times her own.
Boris heaved a sigh of relief that his brother was finally safely married to his most unusual bride.
With a great effort the three heaved the empty ship back to Earth orbit.
Killashandra heaved herself out of the bath, ignoring the entreaty in his eyes and the set of his lips.
He was off balance when the surface heaved once more, and he was thrown sideways.