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uplift
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up·lift  (p-lft)
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. (plft)
Uplifted.
n. (plft)
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.

uplift
vb [ʌpˈlɪft] (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 [ˈʌpˌlɪft]
1. the act, process, or result of lifting up
2. the act or process of bettering moral, social or cultural conditions, etc.
3. (Clothing & Fashion)
a.  a brassiere for lifting and supporting the breasts
b.  (as modifier) an uplift bra
4. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the process or result of land being raised to a higher level, as during a period of mountain building
uplifter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.upliftuplift - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
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.upliftuplift - a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
bandeau, bra, brassiere - an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
Verb1.upliftuplift - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
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.upliftuplift - 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

uplift
verb
improve, better, raise, advance, inspire, upgrade, refine, cultivate, civilize, ameliorate, edify Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit.
noun
Translations
uplift
A. [ˈʌplɪft] N (= edification) → inspiración f, edificación f
moral upliftedificación f
B. [ʌpˈlɪft] VT (fig) (= encourage) → animar; (= raise) → mejorar, elevar
uplift
n (= exaltation)Erhebung f; (= moral inspiration)Erbauung f; his sermons were full of upliftseine Predigten waren voll erbaulicher Worte; to give somebody spiritual upliftjdn erbauen; an uplift in the economyein Wirtschaftsaufschwung m
vt
spirit, heart, voiceerheben; person, minderbauen; with uplifted armsmit erhobenen Armen; to feel upliftedsich erbaut fühlen
(Scot: = collect) → abholen
uplift [ʌpˈlɪft] vt (spiritually) → elevare, esaltare; (materially) → sollevare, tirar su
uplift [ʌpˈlɪft] vt (spiritually) → elevare, esaltare; (materially) → sollevare, tirar su


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