UPLIFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uplift mean? 

• UPLIFT (noun)
  The noun UPLIFT has 2 senses:

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

2. a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

  Familiarity information: UPLIFT used as a noun is rare.

• UPLIFT (verb)
  The verb UPLIFT has 3 senses:

1. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

2. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

3. lift up or elevate

  Familiarity information: UPLIFT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPLIFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust

Hypernyms ("uplift" is a kind of...):

ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Derivation:

uplift (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("uplift" is a kind of...):

bandeau; bra; brassiere (an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts)

Derivation:

uplift (lift up or elevate)

• UPLIFT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they uplift    ... he / she / it uplifts   
Past simple: uplifted   
Past participle: uplifted   
-ing form: uplifting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift

Context example:

Music can uplift your spirits

Hypernyms (to "uplift" is one way to...):

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)

Cause:

joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "uplift"):

beatify (make blessedly happy)

puff (make proud or conceited)

beatify; exalt; exhilarate; inebriate; thrill; tickle pink (fill with sublime emotion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The good news will uplift her
The performance is likely to uplift Sue

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the earth's movement uplifted this part of town

Hypernyms (to "uplift" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lift up or elevate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "uplift" is one way to...):

push up (push upward)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

uplift (a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts)

uplifting (the rise of something)

 Context examples 

I was close upon him, my knife uplifted, but I withheld the blow.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Suddenly Lord John, who was walking first, halted with uplifted hand.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He wanted to train me to an elevation I could never reach; it racked me hourly to aspire to the standard he uplifted.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

If your birthday falls on September 27, plus or minus four days, you will feel the uplifting effect of this new moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"That ever I should live to see you a henpecked husband and enjoying it!" cried Jo, with uplifted hands.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The researchers' proposed scenarios include uplift of the terrain and changes in sea level, or perhaps both.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

His uplifted hand descended, and thereafter rose and fell in a swift and steady rhythm.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It is characterized by mental retardation, and a distinctive facial appearance (wide set eyes, uplifted earlobes, broad nasal bridge, prominent chin, and a smiling expression).

(Mowat-Wilson Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Before this study, scientists' leading theories for the growth of the Sierra were tectonic uplift or Earth rebounding from extensive groundwater pumping in the adjoining California Central Valley.

(Sierras Lost Water Weight, Grew Taller During Drought, NASA)