uplift
Plural: uplifts
Noun
- (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
- a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
- The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
- A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
- The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
- A brassiere that raises the breasts.
- An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.
Verb
Verb Forms: uplifted, uplifting, uplifts
- To lift something up; to improve morally or socially.
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- "Music can uplift your spirits"
- lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
- "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"
- lift up or elevate
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
- To aggravate; to increase.
- To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
- To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
Examples
- A well-placed word can UPLIFT your score and your spirits in Scrabble.
Origin / Etymology
From up- + lift.
Synonyms
elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, upheaval, upthrow, upthrust
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
uplift: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worduplift: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
uplift: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary