upheave

[ uhp-heev ]

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.
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)

, up·heaved or up·hove, up·heav·ing.

1. to rise upward, especially extensively or powerfully.

upheave

/ ʌpˈhiːv /

verb

1. to heave or rise upwards
2. geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards
3. tr to disturb violently; throw into disorder

Other Words From

• up·heaver noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of upheave¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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In a mighty effort to upheave the foundations of despotism, the people grew mad.

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The Archimedian lever found a resting-place in his brain, and sundry of his thoughts seem not inapt to upheave the world.

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

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Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky.

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Related Words

• boost
• climb
• hoist
• pick up
• raise
• rise
• soar