upheave
Americanverb (used with object)
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to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
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to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano.
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to cause a major disturbance or disorder in.
The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to heave or rise upwards
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geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards
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(tr) to disturb violently; throw into disorder
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of upheave
First recorded in 1250–1300, upheave is from the Middle English word upheven. See up-, heave
Example Sentences
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Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl, and learn the trade of shoe-making.
From True Stories of History and Biography by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
One would have it stop, take heed, upheave....
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
I never did, and many years went by; Then, near a Southern port, one Christmas Eve, I watched a gale go roaring through the sky, Making the cauldrons of the clouds upheave.
From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
A moment passed, the upheave of the shoulders became more pronounced, he rose swiftly and walked to Cassandra’s side.
From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
The latter was mightily amused by the adventure, and continued for a considerable time afterwards to upheave his huge shoulders with suppressed laughter.
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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