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uplift

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(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)(noun.event)

Synonym:
upheaval, upthrow, upthrust

source: wordnet30
a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.(noun)

source: webster1913

fill with high spirits; fill with optimism(verb.emotion)

Example:
Music can uplift your spirits.

Synonym:
elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up
Antonym:
cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down

source: wordnet30
lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces(verb.motion)

Example:
The earth's movement uplifted this part of town.

source: wordnet30
lift up or elevate(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.(verb)

source: webster1913

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