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Definition of Uplift

1. Verb. Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. "The performance is likely to uplift Sue"; "Music can uplift your spirits"

2. Noun. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).

3. Verb. Lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces. "The earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

4. Noun. A brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts.

5. Verb. Lift up or elevate.

Definition of Uplift

1. v. t. To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

2. n. A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.

3. v. t. To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

4. n. A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.

Definition of Uplift

1. Verb. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level. ¹

2. Adjective. lifted up ¹

3. Noun. The act or result of being uplifted. ¹

4. Noun. (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building. ¹

5. Noun. (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Uplift

1. to lift up [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Uplift

1. A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Uplift

uplead upleading upleads uplean upleaned upleaning upleans upleant upleap upleaped

upleaping upleaps upleapt upled uplevel uplift (current term) uplifted uplifter uplifters uplifting

upliftingly upliftingness upliftment upliftments uplifts uplight uplighted uplighting uplights upline

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