Definition of "upheave"

upheave

verb
third-person singular simple present upheaves, present participle upheaving, simple past upheaved or uphove, past participle upheaved or uphoven
1. (transitive) To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
2. (transitive) To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
3. (intransitive) To be lifted up; rise.