upheave

[ uhp-heev ]
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verb (used with object),up·heaved or up·hove, up·heav·ing.
  1. to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.

  2. to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano.

  1. to cause a major disturbance or disorder in: The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.

verb (used without object),up·heaved or up·hove, up·heav·ing.
  1. to rise upward, especially extensively or powerfully.

Origin of upheave

1
First recorded in 1250–1300, upheave is from the Middle English word upheven.See up-, heave

Other words from upheave

  • up·heav·er, noun

Words Nearby upheave

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How to use upheave in a sentence

  • A vigorous stirring is bound to upheave what is searched for, so in due course the Captain dug up a snaffle-bit.

    John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic Remington
  • In a mighty effort to upheave the foundations of despotism, the people grew mad.

    The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
  • The Archimedian lever found a resting-place in his brain, and sundry of his thoughts seem not inapt to upheave the world.

  • Yes; they'll have the all-firedest upheave there, before long, that ever tore a hole in the bottom of the sea.

    Phemie Frost's Experiences | Ann S. Stephens
  • Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky.

    Travels in England in 1782 | Charles P. Moritz

British Dictionary definitions for upheave

upheave

/ (ʌpˈhiːv) /


verb-heaves, -heaving, -heaved or -hove
  1. to heave or rise upwards

  2. geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards

  1. (tr) to disturb violently; throw into disorder

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