uplift

up·lift

 (ŭp-lĭft′)

tr.v. up·lift·ed, up·lift·ing, up·lifts

1. To raise; elevate.

2. To raise to a higher social, intellectual, or moral level or condition.

3. To raise to spiritual or emotional heights; exalt: music that uplifts the spirit.

adj. (ŭp′lĭft′)

Uplifted.

n. (ŭp′lĭft′)

1. The act, process, or result of raising or lifting up.

2. An effort or a movement to improve social, moral, or intellectual standards.

3. Geology An upheaval.

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uplift

vb (tr)

1. to raise; elevate; lift up

2. to raise morally, spiritually, culturally, etc

3. Scot and NZ to collect (a passenger, parcel, etc); pick up

n

4. the act, process, or result of lifting up

5. the act or process of bettering moral, social, or cultural conditions, etc

6. (Clothing & Fashion)

a. a brassiere for lifting and supporting the breasts

b. (as modifier): an uplift bra.

7. (Geological Science) the process or result of land being raised to a higher level, as during a period of mountain building

upˈlifter n

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up•lift

(v. ʌpˈlɪft; n. ˈʌpˌlɪft)

v.t.

1. to lift up; raise; elevate.

2. to improve socially, morally, or the like.

3. to exalt emotionally or spiritually.

v.i.

4. to become uplifted.

n.

5. an act of raising; elevation.

6. the process or work of improving, as socially, intellectually, or morally.

7. emotional or spiritual exaltation.

8. a brassiere.

[1300–50]

up•lift′er, n.

up•lift′ment, n.

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uplift

Past participle: uplifted
Gerund: uplifting

Imperative

uplift

uplift

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	uplift - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) upthrow, upthrust, upheaval geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
	2.	uplift - a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts bandeau, bra, brassiere - an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
Verb	1.	uplift - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" beatify - make blessedly happy puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, tickle pink, exalt, thrill - fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
	2.	uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town" go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
	3.	uplift - lift up or elevate push up - push upward

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uplift

verb

1. improve, better, raise, advance, inspire, upgrade, refine, cultivate, civilize, ameliorate, edify Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit.

noun

1. improvement, enlightenment, advancement, cultivation, refinement, enhancement, enrichment, betterment, edification literature intended for the uplift of the soul

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uplift

verb

1. To move (something) to a higher position:

boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear, take up, uphold, upraise, uprear.

2. To raise to a high position or status:

aggrandize, apotheosize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify.

Idiom: put on a pedestal.

3. To raise the spirits of:

animate, buoy (up), elate, elevate, exhilarate, flush, inspire, inspirit, lift.

Obsolete: exalt.

noun

High spirits:

animation, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, inspiration, lift.

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Translations

aumentoinnalzamentosollevamentosollevare

приподнимать

uplift

A. [ˈʌplɪft] N (= edification) → inspiración f, edificación f
moral uplift → edificación f

B. [ʌpˈlɪft] VT (fig) (= encourage) → animar; (= raise) → mejorar, elevar

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uplift

n (= exaltation) → Erhebung f; (= moral inspiration) → Erbauung f; his sermons were full of uplift → seine Predigten waren voll erbaulicher Worte; to give somebody spiritual uplift → jdn erbauen; an uplift in the economy → ein Wirtschaftsaufschwung m

vt

spirit, heart, voice → erheben; person, mind → erbauen; with uplifted arms → mit erhobenen Armen; to feel uplifted → sich erbaut fühlen

(Scot: = collect) → abholen

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uplift

[ʌpˈlɪft] vt (spiritually) → elevare, esaltare; (materially) → sollevare, tirar su

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