To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
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 move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
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
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.