heave vs undulate

heave

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

  • To throw, cast. 

  • To displace (a vein, stratum). 

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

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

  • To rise and fall. 

  • To utter with effort. 

  • To pull up with a rope or cable. 

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

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

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

  • 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. 

  • An effort to vomit; retching. 

  • Broken wind in horses. 

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

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

  • A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory 

undulate

verb
  • To move in wavelike motions. 

  • To cause to resemble a wave 

  • To appear wavelike. 

  • To cause to move in a wavelike motion. 

adj
  • Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice. 

  • Wavy in appearance or form. 

  • sinuous, winding up and down. 

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