Thesaurus: uplift

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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. n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
4. n. a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
5. v. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
6. v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
7. v. lift up or elevate
8. To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. Cowper. Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed. Milton. A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
9. To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift thearm; to uplift a rock. Cowper.Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave,and eyes That sparkling blazed. Milton.
10. v:30/n:70 n. a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces v. lift up or elevate