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UPHEAVE (uphove)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does upheave mean?
• UPHEAVE (verb)
The verb UPHEAVE has 1 sense:
1. lift forcefully from beneath
Familiarity information: UPHEAVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lift forcefully from beneath
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "upheave" is one way to...):
heave; heave up; heft; heft up (lift or elevate)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
upheaval ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
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