uplift🔊

To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level. +

(scifi) To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.

(of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase. +

(travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.

(NZ) 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.

(software engineering) To backport. {{rfdef|en}}

(Northern England) To pick up; take possession of.

The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).

(geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.

(transport) The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.

(colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.

(law) An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.