verb, -heaved or -hove, -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. |
| 3. | to cause a major disturbance or disorder in: The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country. |
| 4. | to rise upward, esp. extensively or powerfully. |