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Upheave

To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.

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Heave 76% connected

To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Heft 76% connected

Same as Haft, n.

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Upheaval 74% connected

The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Upheaval 74% connected

The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

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Advance verb · 78% connection

To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.

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Beneath preposition · 78% connection

Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy…

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Bull verb · 78% connection

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices…

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Caisson noun · 78% connection

A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.

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Clarendon noun · 78% connection

A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.

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Crane verb · 78% connection

To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.

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Elevate verb · 78% connection

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

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Embillow verb · 78% connection

To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.

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Enhance verb · 78% connection

To raise or lift up; to exalt.

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Erect verb · 78% connection

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, et…

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Exalt verb · 78% connection

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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Gag verb · 78% connection

To cause to heave with nausea.

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Heaved imp. · 78% connection

of Heave

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Hoist verb · 78% connection

To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package o…

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Hove unknown · 78% connection

of Heave

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Lift verb · 78% connection

To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave;…

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Mount verb · 78% connection

To raise aloft; to lift on high.

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