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Webster 1913 Edition
Uplift
Up-lift′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Uplifting
.] To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate;
as, to
. uplift
the arm; to uplift
a rockCowper.
Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
With head
That sparkling blazed.
With head
uplift
above the wave, and eyesThat sparkling blazed.
Milton.
Up′liftˊ
,Noun.
(Geol.)
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uplift
UPLIFT'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
uplift
uplift
English
Verb
uplift (third-person singular simple present uplifts, present participle uplifting, simple past and past participle uplifted)
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
Translations
to raise something or someone to a higher level
Noun
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.
- (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
Translations
act of being uplifted
tectonic upheaval
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