What does upheave mean?
Definitions for upheave
ʌpˈhivup·heave
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Princeton's WordNet
upheaveverb
lift forcefully from beneath
Wiktionary
upheaveverb
To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
upheaveverb
To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
upheaveverb
To be lifted up; rise.
Etymology: From upheven, from uphebban, upahebban, equivalent to. Cognate with opheffen, aufheben.
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upheave
To upheave generally means to lift, raise or move to an upward position, often in a powerful, dramatic or forceful manner. It can also signify disturbance, disruption or significant change on a social or political level.
Webster Dictionary
Upheaveverb
to heave or lift up from beneath; to raise
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Upheave
up-hēv′, v.t. to heave or lift up.—n. Upheav′al, the raising of surface formations by the action of internal forces, believed to be due to the sinking in of the crust upon the cooling and contracting nucleus.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of upheave in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of upheave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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