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upheave


Meanings
  • Verb

    Raise or lift up forcefully.

    - "The workers upheaved the heavy stones."
    - "After the earthquake, the ground upheaved, damaging many buildings."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with upheave
heave , grieve , leave , believe
Variants
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upheave , upheaved , upheaver , upheavers , upheaves , upheaving , uphove
Etymology
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Originally meant ‘to lift up’ or ‘to heave up’. The verb upheave comes from the Old English word ‘heafian’, which meant ‘to lift up’ or ‘to raise’.


Trivia
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  1. The word upheave is often used in the context of natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

  2. The verb upheave is an irregular verb, meaning its past tense and past participle forms do not follow the usual patterns for regular verbs.


Related Concepts
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  1. earthquake: A natural disaster characterized by the shaking and sometimes violent rising or falling of the ground, caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust.

  2. volcano: A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface, from which lava, ash, and gases escape.


How to Memorize "upheave"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize lifting a heavy object up with great effort.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with the action of lifting or raising something.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic ‘Up High And Elevate’ to remember the meaning of upheave.


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