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UPHEAVE (uphove)

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

• UPHEAVE (verb)

Sense 1

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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

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