Pronunciation Verb
uplift (uplifts, present participle uplifting; past and past participle uplifted)
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
- (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- (NZ) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
- French: élever, transcender, promouvoir, exalter
- Italian: elevare, esaltare
- Portuguese: elevar
- Russian: поднима́ть вверх
- Spanish: elevar, alzar, trascender, exaltar
uplift (plural uplifts)
- The act or result of being uplifted.
- (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
- 1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms (page 143)
- Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.
- 1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms (page 143)
- (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
- French: soulèvement
- Portuguese: sublevação
- Spanish: levantamiento
- French: balconnet
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