Usually means: Elevation of status, mood, ability.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. uplift: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. uplift: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. uplift: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. uplift: Collins English Dictionary
  5. uplift: Vocabulary.com
  6. Uplift, uplift: Wordnik
  7. uplift: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. uplift: Wiktionary
  9. uplift: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. uplift: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. uplift: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. uplift: Dictionary.com
  13. uplift (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Uplift (geology), Uplift (science fiction): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Uplift: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. uplift: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. uplift: Rhymezone
  18. Uplift: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. uplift: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. uplift: Free Dictionary
  21. uplift: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. uplift: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. uplift: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. uplift: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. uplift: Natural History Terms

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  1. uplift: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See uplifted as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
verb:  (science fiction) To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
verb:  (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
verb:  (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
verb:  (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
verb:  (law, Australia, transitive) To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
noun:  The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
noun:  (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
noun:  (transport) The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
noun:  (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
noun:  (law) An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.

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