Definitions for upheld

upheld up·held

Spelling: [uhp-held]
IPA: /ʌpˈhɛld/

Upheld is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in upheld (dehlpu).

Definitions for upheld

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of uphold.

verb (used with object)

  1. to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism:
  2. to keep up or keep from sinking; support:
  3. to lift upward; raise:
  4. British. to upholster. to maintain in good condition; take care of.

Origin of upheld

First recorded in 1175-1225, uphold is from the Middle English word up holden. See up-, hold1

Examples for upheld

She had staggered under the weight laid upon her, but she had upheld it.

That would have involved overturning a 1977 Court decision that upheld automatic deduction of union dues.

For a third time, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of searching a person without probable cause.

Prohibitions on selling and purchasing sex toys have been upheld in the U.S. Court of Appeals.

The supreme Court of Law has, in many decisions, upheld this condition.

Hanging from the poles which upheld the awnings were sausages, chitterlings, and hams.

The right to be forgotten is a law passed in 2012 that was upheld this year by the European Commission.

They had to be nurtured and upheld, no matter how the contacts of life hit his own skin.

That thought has manned me and upheld me when anguish was near to slaying me outright.

So the sorts of policy changes Obama announced Thursday night would, if challenged in court, be upheld as legal.

Word Value for upheld
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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