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upheave

up·heave [ up hv ] (past up·heaved or up·hove [ up hṓv ], past participle up·heaved, present participle up·heav·ing, 3rd person present singular up·heaves)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
raise or rise up: to lift something forcefully from underneath, or rise or be thrust upward

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