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up⋅heave

[uhp-heev] verb, -heaved or -hove, -heav⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
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.
3. to cause a major disturbance or disorder in: The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.
–verb (used without object)
4. to rise upward, esp. extensively or powerfully.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME upheven. See up-, heave


up⋅heav⋅er, noun
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up·heave   (ŭp-hēv')   
v.   up·heaved, up·heav·ing, up·heaves

v.   tr.
To lift forcefully from beneath; heave upward.
v.   intr.
To be lifted or thrust upward.
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