UPHEAVE


Meaning of UPHEAVE in English

-ēv verb

Etymology: Middle English upheven, from up + heven to heave — more at heave

transitive verb

1.

a. : to heave up : lift , raise

great boulders were upheaved by the gold-seekers in their first eager rush — Mary S. Broome

b. : to force or throw upward with great power or violence

other parts of the coast … may be upheaved by deep-seated geologic forces — R.W.Miner

2. : to disturb extremely : throw into disorder

the coming of the troops upheaved the whole province

intransitive verb

: to move upward especially with power

the surface of the bay … upheaved with a slow majestic movement — Bayard Taylor

• up·heav·er -və(r) noun

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