upliftnoun
uk/ˈʌp.lɪft/us/ˈʌp.lɪft/uplift noun (IMPROVEMENT)
[ U ] formal improvement of a person's moral or spiritual condition:
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
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uplift noun (SUPPORT)
[ U ] support or forces that raise an object or hold it up:
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Underwear
- basque
- bloomer
- bodice
- bodysuit
- boxer shorts
- drawer
- falsies
- French knickers
- G-string
- girdle
- jock
- slip
- string vest
- teddy
- thermal underwear
- thong
- training bra
- vest
- VPL
- Y-fronts
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uplift noun (INCREASE)
[ C or U ] an increase in value:
uplift noun (COLLECTION)
[ C ] Scottish English the act of collecting goods or people from one place, in order to take them to another:
upliftverb [ T ]
uk/ʌpˈlɪft/us/ʌpˈlɪft/uplift verb [ T ] (IMPROVE)
to improve a person's moral or spiritual condition
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Good, better and best
- at the best of times idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- best
- better
- better off
- break
- go-to
- gold standard
- good
- heteronormative
- last word
- mile
- miles idiom
- so much the better idiom
- topper
- unsurpassed
- up
- well
uplift verb [ T ] (RAISE)
specialized engineering to raise something to a higher position
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Up and upward
- ascent
- climbing
- heavenward
- perpendicular
- skyward
- up
- uphill
- uplifted
- upper
- uppermost
- upright
- upturned
- upward
- upwards
- vertical
uplift verb [ T ] (COLLECT)
Scottish English to collect goods or people from one place, in order to take them to another:
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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