uplift

Other forms: uplifted; uplifting; uplifts

Definitions of uplift
  1. verb
    fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    “Music can uplift your spirits”
    synonyms: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up
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    types:
    beatify
    make blessedly happy
    puff
    make proud or conceited
    beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
    fill with sublime emotion
    type of:
    excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
    stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
  2. verb
    lift up or elevate
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    type of:
    push up
    push upward
  3. verb
    lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
    “the earth's movement uplifted this part of town”
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    type of:
    arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
    move upward
Definitions of uplift
  1. noun
    (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    synonyms: upheaval, upthrow, upthrust
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    type of:
    ascension, ascent, rise, rising
    a movement upward
  2. noun
    a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
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    type of:
    bandeau, bra, brassiere
    an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
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