uplift
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From up- + lift.
Base: lift
Affixes: up-
Inflected forms:
form: uplifts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: uplifting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: uplifted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: uplifted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: uplifts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
pos: verb
examples: Whether you find it by your power as a man, or because, being near the gods, a god has whispered you. Uplift our State; think upon your fame; your coming brought us luck, be lucky to us still, remember that it is better to rule over men than over a waste place, since neither walled town nor ship is anything if it be empty and no man within it.
They recognised that their free-lay properties were just right for premises where there had to be easy access to underfloor cables or where office layouts needed to be readily changed without having to uplift the carpet every time.
At the behest of the London Midland Region, the infrastructure was built with a capability for running at up to 110mph with conventional rolling stock, as well as the raising of speed limits - such as the 60mph over Shap summit uplifted to 80mph.
gloss: To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
pos: verb
examples: —genetically uplifted the ancestors of the saurs, and culturally—at least—uplifted the kraken. We are used to thinking of these species as wise and ancient, which indeed they are, but the octopods are their 'Elder Race.'
gloss: To aggravate; to increase.
pos: verb
examples: A man who abused a Police Community Support Officer for being transgender has received an uplifted sentence at Mold Magistrates' Court... At Court the prosecutor applied for the sentence for the public order offence to be uplifted to reflect the hate crime aspect. This resulted in the Court imposing a greater penalty.
gloss: To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
pos: verb
gloss: To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
pos: verb
tags: New-Zealand
examples: In an affidavit supporting an application for a court order to uplift the child, a social worker said there were ongoing family violence issues between the baby's mother and father.
gloss: To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
transitive
gloss: To backport.
pos: verb
gloss: To pick up; take possession of.
pos: verb
tags: Northern-England
examples: In a Post by Northumbria Police:Sharp eyes on patrol! One of our eagle-eyed officers spotted a vehicle driving erratically in Lemington. The driver made off on foot, leaving the car behind - which has now been uplifted for having no insurance.
gloss: The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The EMR Regional timetable improvements also include a significant uplift in Sunday services.
This means that while initial funding will come from the public purse, landowners along the route will eventually pay back a share of the uplift in land values created by the new line.
gloss: A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.
This is explained as an uplift in the coast at a rate of 16.2 mm/y in the period before 1900, a downlift of 2.8 mm/y in the period 1900-1906 and a rapid «sinking» of the coast at 22.7 mm/y in the 24 months before the earthquake.
gloss: The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A brassiere that raises the breasts.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
examples: Dressed in a light silk brassiere and scanties, which was all she wore under her frock, she was unkind enough to say, "I think those uplift fakes of yours are a mistake, Sadie dear. They raise false expectations in the amorous male." "But my breasts are all right," said Sadie, hurt, and pushing her breasts up from under to prove they were in the right place[.]
gloss: An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The CMA fined the companies involved £3.4 million, which included uplifts for director level involvement.
Related words: downlift
improvement
Derived words: tectonic uplift
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: извисявам
roman: izvisjavam
lang: Czech
word: povznést
lang: Czech
word: povznášet
lang: Finnish
word: kohottaa
lang: French
word: élever
lang: French
word: transcender
lang: French
word: promouvoir
lang: French
word: exalter
lang: Greek
word: μεταρσιώνω
roman: metarsióno
lang: Italian
word: elevare
lang: Italian
word: esaltare
lang: Persian
word: متعال ساختن
lang: Polish
word: podnosić
lang: Portuguese
word: elevar
lang: Russian
word: поднима́ть вверх
roman: podnimátʹ vverx
lang: Russian
word: поднима́ть
roman: podnimátʹ
lang: Russian
word: ободрять
roman: obodrjatʹ
lang: Spanish
word: elevar
lang: Spanish
word: alzar
lang: Spanish
word: trascender
lang: Spanish
word: exaltar
lang: Spanish
word: ensalzar
lang: Turkish
word: yükseltmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: піднімати вгору
roman: pidnimaty vhoru