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Definitions for Upheave

[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.
[3] to cause a major disturbance or disorder in: The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.
[4] to rise upward, especially extensively or powerfully.
[5] to heave or rise upwards
[6] geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards
[7] (tr) to disturb violently; throw into disorder

Words related to Upheave

raise, rise, hoist, climb, boost, disappear, soar, lift, promote, establish, rear, shove, uphold, hike, mount, dissipate, up, erect, elevate, upraise

Words nearby Upheave

upgather, upgrade, upgrowth, upham, upheaval, upheave, upheld, uphill, uphold, upholster, upholsterer

Origin of Upheave

First recorded in 1250–1300, upheave is from the Middle English word upheven. See up-, heave

Other words from Upheave

up·heav·er , noun

Synonyms for Upheave

boost, climb, disappear, hoist, pick up, raise, rise, soar, arise, aspire, disperse, dissipate, elevate, erect, goose, heft, hike, mount, rear, up, uphold, uplift, upraise, vanish, bear aloft, bring up, build up, buoy up, come up, draw up, hike up, jack up, jump up, move up, put up, raise high, take up, uprear