upheave

American  

[uhp-heev] / ʌpˈhiv /

verb (used with object)

upheaved, uphove, upheaving

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.

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verb (used without object)

upheaved, uphove, upheaving

1. to rise upward, especially extensively or powerfully.

upheave British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• upheaver noun

Etymology

Origin of upheave

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

Example Sentences

The earth does not upheave itself from beneath the sea and add new land to that already above water in response to our need for it.

From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by Russell, George William

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

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William

Miles—for though that speck in the sky into which they upheave their mighty altitudes, be doubtless an eagle, we cannot hear its cry.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Then during the night they upheave their backs to relieve themselves of the pressure, and thus shake the walling to a fall.”’

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

These evils are sot too firm on American soil, it will take a greater power than Miss Meechim’s tracts to upheave ’em.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

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