- to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
- to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano.
- to cause a major disturbance or disorder in: The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.
- to rise upward, especially extensively or powerfully.
- to heave or rise upwards
- to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards
- to disturb violently; throw into disorder
