uplift
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
uplift (third-person singular simple present uplifts, present participle uplifting, simple past and past participle uplifted)
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- (aviation, travel) to be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
- 2019 May 9, “Taken by the state: Don't take my baby”, in Stuff:
- 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.
Translations
to raise something or someone to a higher level
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Noun
uplift (plural uplifts)
- The act or result of being uplifted.
- 2019 October, Tony Miles snd Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:
- The EMR Regional timetable improvements also include a significant uplift in Sunday services.
- (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
- 1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms (page 143)
- Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.
- 1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms (page 143)
- (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
Translations
act of being uplifted
tectonic upheaval
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brassiere that raises the breasts
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