upheave
upheave verb: to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
Verb
upheave (third-person singular simple present upheaves, present participle upheaving, simple past upheaved or uphove, past participle upheaved or uphove or uphoven)
- To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
- To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
- Considering, further, the absence of most of the New Guinea mammals from the Moluccas, we are led to the conclusion that these islands are not fragments which have been separated from New Guinea, but form a distinct insular region, which has been upheaved independently at a rather remote epoch, and...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 146
- To be lifted up; rise.
upheave meaning in Tamil
upheave in Tamil
- பொங்கி எழு
Forms of upheave
| third-person singular present | upheaves |
|---|---|
| present participle | upheaving |
| past | upheaved |
| past | uphove |
| past participle | upheaved |
| past participle | uphove |
| past participle | uphoven |
Origin of upheave
From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).
Words formed from upheave
Questions about upheave
- What does upheave mean?
- Upheave means to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
- What is upheave in Tamil?
- Upheave in Tamil is பொங்கி எழு. See Upheave meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is upheave?
- Upheave is a verb.
- What is the past tense of upheave?
- The past tense of upheave is upheaved.
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