uplift
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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.
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
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.
uplift
Past participle: uplifted
Gerund: uplifting
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Noun | 1. | ![]() geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks |
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Verb | 1. | ![]() 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" |
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3. | uplift - lift up or elevate push up - push upward |
uplift
verb
noun
1. improvement, enlightenment, advancement, cultivation, refinement, enhancement, enrichment, betterment, edification literature intended for the uplift of the soul
uplift
verb1. To move (something) to a higher position:
2. To raise to a high position or status:
Idiom: put on a pedestal.
High spirits:
Translations
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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