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uplift
Found in thesaurus: ascension, ascent, rising, rise, bra, brassiere, bandeau, stir, shake, stimulate, excite, shake up, lift, move up, uprise, come up, arise, go up, push up
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uplift
v.
raise, elevate; cause emotional or spiritual elation; exalt
n.
spiritual or emotional elation; lifting up, raising (as in the surface of the earth)
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Uplift
Uplift may refer to:
- Tectonic uplift, a geological process
- Uplift (science fiction), upgrading the capacities of a species or a civilization.
- Uplift Universe, the setting for a series of novels by David Brin in which Biological Uplift is a central aspect
- Stellar uplift, the theoretical prospect of moving a stellar mass
- 'Uplift factor', or simply "uplift", the adjustments to employee salaries or benefits, especially in countries of the British Commonwealth
- Uplift modelling, the uplift of a marketing campaign is usually defined as the difference in response rate between a treated group and a randomized control group
- Uplifting trance, a musical genre similar to progressive trance
- "Uplift", a song by Pantera from their 2000 album Reinventing the Steel
- "Uplift", a Pegasus Award winning song by Andrew Eigel
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uplift
Noun
1. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
(synonym) upheaval, upthrow, upthrust
(hypernym) rise, rising, ascent, ascension
(classification) geology
2. a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
(hypernym) brassiere, bra, bandeau
Verb
1. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
(synonym) elate, lift up, pick up, intoxicate
(hypernym) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
(hyponym) beatify
(cause) rejoice, joy
2. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"
(hypernym) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
(derivation) upheaval, upthrow, upthrust
3. lift up or elevate
(hypernym) push up
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Uplift
(v. t.)
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.
(n.)
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
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uplift
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