Uplift

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To raise; elevate.
  • v. To raise to a higher social, intellectual, or moral level or condition.
  • v. To raise to spiritual or emotional heights; exalt: music that uplifts the spirit.
  • adj. Uplifted.
  • n. The act, process, or result of raising or lifting up.
  • n. An effort or a movement to improve social, moral, or intellectual standards.
  • n. Geology An upheaval.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
  • n. The act or result of being uplifted.
  • n. A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
  • n. A brassiere that raises the breasts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate.
  • n. A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An elevation.
  • To lift or raise up; raise; elevate: literally or figuratively: as, to uplift the arm; uplifted eyes.
  • Uplifted.
  • n. An upheaval. See upheaval.
  • n. Raising; elevation; mental, moral, or physical exaltation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
  • v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
  • v. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
  • n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  • v. lift up or elevate
  • Verb Form
    uplifted    uplifting    uplifts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brassiere    bandeau    bra    arise    come up   
    Form
    uplifting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    raise    elevate    raised   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    inspire    exhilarate    responsive    joyful    instructive