Definitions for upheaveʌpˈhiv
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
up•heaveʌpˈhiv(v.)-heaved; -hove, -heav•ing.
(v.t.)to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano.
(v.i.)to rise upward, esp. extensively or powerfully.
Origin of upheave:
1250–1300
up•heav′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
upheave(verb)
lift forcefully from beneath
Wiktionary
upheave(Verb)
To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
upheave(Verb)
To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
upheave(Verb)
To be lifted up; rise.
Origin: From upheven, from uphebban, upahebban, equivalent to . Cognate with opheffen, aufheben.
Webster Dictionary
Upheave(verb)
to heave or lift up from beneath; to raise
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