upheave

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up·heave

(ŭp-hēv′)

v. up·heaved, up·heav·ing, up·heaves

v.tr.

To lift forcefully from beneath; heave upward.

v.intr.

To be lifted or thrust upward.

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upheave

(ʌpˈhiːv)

vb, -heaves, -heaving, -heaved or -hove

1. to heave or rise upwards

2. (Geological Science) geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards

3. (tr) to disturb violently; throw into disorder

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up•heave

(ʌpˈhiv)

v. -heaved -hove, -heav•ing. v.t.

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.

v.i.

3. to rise upward, esp. extensively or powerfully.

[1250–1300]

up•heav′er, n.

upheave

Past participle: upheaved/uphove
Gerund: upheaving

Imperative
upheave
upheave

Present
I upheave
you upheave
he/she/it upheaves
we upheave
you upheave
they upheave

Preterite
I upheaved
you upheaved
he/she/it upheaved
we upheaved
you upheaved
they upheaved

Present Continuous
I am upheaving
you are upheaving
he/she/it is upheaving
we are upheaving
you are upheaving
they are upheaving

Present Perfect
I have upheaved/uphove
you have upheaved/uphove
he/she/it has upheaved/uphove
we have upheaved/uphove
you have upheaved/uphove
they have upheaved/uphove

Past Continuous
I was upheaving
you were upheaving
he/she/it was upheaving
we were upheaving
you were upheaving
they were upheaving

Past Perfect
I had upheaved/uphove
you had upheaved/uphove
he/she/it had upheaved/uphove
we had upheaved/uphove
you had upheaved/uphove
they had upheaved/uphove

Future
I will upheave
you will upheave
he/she/it will upheave
we will upheave
you will upheave
they will upheave

Future Perfect
I will have upheaved/uphove
you will have upheaved/uphove
he/she/it will have upheaved/uphove
we will have upheaved/uphove
you will have upheaved/uphove
they will have upheaved/uphove

Future Continuous
I will be upheaving
you will be upheaving
he/she/it will be upheaving
we will be upheaving
you will be upheaving
they will be upheaving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been upheaving
you have been upheaving
he/she/it has been upheaving
we have been upheaving
you have been upheaving
they have been upheaving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been upheaving
you will have been upheaving
he/she/it will have been upheaving
we will have been upheaving
you will have been upheaving
they will have been upheaving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been upheaving
you had been upheaving
he/she/it had been upheaving
we had been upheaving
you had been upheaving
they had been upheaving

Conditional
I would upheave
you would upheave
he/she/it would upheave
we would upheave
you would upheave
they would upheave

Past Conditional
I would have upheaved/uphove
you would have upheaved/uphove
he/she/it would have upheaved/uphove
we would have upheaved/uphove
you would have upheaved/uphove
they would have upheaved/uphove

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Verb

upheave - lift forcefully from beneath

heave up, heft, heft up, heave - lift or elevate

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Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl and learn the trade of shoemaking.

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In the thought of to-morrow there is a power to upheave all thy creed, all the creeds, all the literatures of the nations, and marshal thee to a heaven which no epic dream has yet depicted.

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How cheap even the liberty then seems; how mean to study, when an emotion communicates to the intellect the power to sap and upheave nature; how great the perspective!

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They have also received the support of Surrey Police, with one detective writing to ask the company "to not upheave [her elder son] and cause him further stress" after witnessing the attack on his father.

Sunbury mother faces homelessness after deaths of parents and partner; Despite support from more than 2,000 members of the public, Dawn Bradley has been told she must move out of her home by January 5 - the anniversary of a brutal attack on her former partner

More than four million people wrote to the FCC in 2015 to support net neutrality, and a similar outcry is expected to any attempt to upheave the rules.