uplift
English
WOTD – 9 October 2010
Pronunciation
- (verb) enPR: ŭplĭftʹ, IPA(key): /ʌpˈlɪft/
- (adjective, noun) enPR: ŭpʹlĭft, IPA(key): /ˈʌplɪft/
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Verb
uplift (third-person singular simple present uplifts, present participle uplifting, simple past and past participle uplifted)
Translations
to raise something or someone to a higher level
Noun
uplift (plural uplifts)
- The act or result of being uplifted.
- (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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