uplift

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Verb

1. To [[raise]] something or someone to a [[higher]] [[physical]], [[social]], [[moral]], [[intellectual]], [[spiritual]]{{,}} or [[emotional]] [[level]].
2. {{lb|en|law|of a penalty}} To [[aggravate]]; to [[increase]].
3. {{lb|en|aviation|travel}} To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
4. {{lb|en|NZ}} To [[remove]] (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
5. {{lb|en|legal|Australia|transitive}} To remove (a [[document]]) from its current possessor and take it into one's own [[possession]].
6. {{lb|en|software engineering}} To [[backport]].
7. {{lb|en|Northern England}} To [[pick up]]; [[take possession of]].

Noun

1. The act or result of [[#Verb|uplifting]] (in various senses).
2. {{lb|en|geology}} A [[tectonic]] [[upheaval]], especially one that takes place in the process of [[mountain]] [[building]].
3. {{lb|en|transport}} The [[pick up|picking up]] and [[load]]ing of [[goods]] to be [[transport]]ed by a [[mover]].
4. {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[brassiere]] that raises the [[breast]]s.
5. {{lb|en|legal}} An increase in a [[fine]] or [[penalty]] due to aggravating circumstances.

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