English Explanatory Dictionary

upheave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
  2. To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
  3. To be lifted up; rise.

Word forms

upheave upheaves upheaving upheaved uphove uphoven

Etymology

From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).

Derived words

upheaval upheaving
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