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

Related Words

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