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- [uhp-heev]
- /ʌpˈhiv/
- /ʌp.ˈhiːv/
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- [uhp-heev]
- /ʌpˈhiv/
Definitions of upheave word
- verb with object upheave to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft. 1
- verb with object upheave to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano. 1
- verb with object upheave to cause a major disturbance or disorder in: The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country. 1
- verb without object upheave to rise upward, especially extensively or powerfully. 1
- verb upheave to heave or rise upwards 0
- verb upheave to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards 0
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Origin of upheave
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, upheave is from the Middle English word upheven. See up-, heave
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Parts of speech for Upheave
noun
adjective
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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
upheave popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
upheave usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for upheave
verb upheave
- goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- heft — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
- hefted — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
- hefting — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
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