uplift Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    upthrust; upheaval; upthrow.
  2. noun a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
  3. verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    intoxicate; elate; pick up; lift up.
    • Music can uplift your spirits
  4. verb lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
    • the earth's movement uplifted this part of town
  5. verb lift up or elevate

WordNet

Up*lift" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Uplifting
Definitions
  1. To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. Cowper.
    Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed. Milton.
Up"lift` noun
Definitions
  1. (Geol.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.

Webster 1913