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I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. lift, hoist, raise; throw, pitch, toss; swell, expand; undulate; vomit. See elevation, propulsion.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. throw, hurl, fling, cast, wing, toss; see also pitch 2 .

v.

1. [To raise laboriously]

Syn. lift, hoist, boost; see raise 1 .

2. [To rise and fall]

Syn. rock, bob, pitch, go up and down, lurch, roll, reel, sway, swell, pant, palpitate, dilate, expand, billow, swirl, throb, waft, ebb and flow, wax and wane, undulate, puff, slosh, wash; see also flow 3 , toss 2 , wave 3 , 4 .

Ant. rest*, lie still, quiet.

3. [To throw]

Syn. hurl, fling, cast; see throw 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. raise, throw hurl, cast, toss, hoist, lift, fling, shoot, fire, pitch, chuck.

2. vomit throw up, puke, *ralph, disgorge, discharge, *upchuck, spew, spit up, *blow chunks.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move (something) to a higher position: boost, elevate, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear2, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See RISE. 2. To move vigorously from side to side or up and down: pitch, rock, roll, toss. See REPETITION. 3. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dart, dash, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy2, sling, throw, toss. Informal: fire. See MOVE. 4. To utter in a breathless manner: gasp, pant. See BREATH, WORDS. 5. To eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth: throw up, vomit. Slang: puke. See MOUTH. II noun 1. An instance of lifting or being lifted: boost, hoist, lift. See RISE. 2. An act of throwing: cast, fling, hurl, launch, pitch, shy2, sling, throw, toss. See MOVE.