uplift

Meaning

Verb

1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
2. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
3. To aggravate; to increase.
4. To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
5. (New-Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
6. (Australia, transitive) To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
7. To backport.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
2. (countable, uncountable) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
3. (countable, uncountable) The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
4. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
5. (countable, uncountable) An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.

Synonyms

lift

raise

elevate

lift up

heave

rise

pick up

upheaval

upheave

hoist

progress

upthrust

intoxicate

elate

rear

reform

raise up

swell

edify

development

bulge

raising

upthrow

hold up

climb

enhancement

encouragement

cite

erect

exaltation

billow

encourage

eminence

cheer up

emancipation

emancipate

camisole

better

anamorphosis

inspire

increase

improvement

elevation

improve

hump

build-up

leaven

levitate

liberate

ascend

Translations

levantar

alzar

ανύψωση

lever

sollevamento

yükseltmek

exalter

esaltare

élever

σηκώνω

hochheben

ανυψώνω

soulèvement

elevare

erheben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌpˈlɪft/

Etymology

From up- + lift.