To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. / To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling / To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned)

Someone who upholds something. / (obsolete) A dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster.

present participle of uphold

The act by which something is upheld.

plural of upholder

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uphold

Capable of being upheld.

plural of upholding

plural of Uphold

A surname.