uplift
English
/ʌpˈlɪft/, /ˈʌplɪft/
verb
Definitions
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- (law) To aggravate; to increase.
- (aviation) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- (NZ) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
Etymology
Prefix from English lift.
Origin
English
lift
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airlift English
- backlift English
- boatlift English
- browlift English
- buttlift English
- chairlift English
- deadlift English
- draglift English
- eyelift English
- facelift English
- forelift English
- forklift English
- hairlift English
- haylift English
- lift English
- liftable English
- liftback English
- liftboy English
- lifted English
- lifter English
- liftest English
- lifteth English
- liftgate English
- liftless English
- liftline English
- liftman English
- liftoff English
- liftover English
- liftup English
- manlift English
- noselift English
- outlift English
- relift English
- sealift English
- skylift English
- stairlift English
- trooplift English
- turbolift English
- uplifter English
- upliftment English
- liftata Finnish
- Lift German
- lift Hungarian
- lift Italian
- lift Dutch, Flemish
- liften Dutch, Flemish
- лифт Russian
- babylift Swedish
- リフト Japanese
- liften Middle English
- lift Danish
- lift Serbo-Croatian
- ลิฟต์ Thai
- lift Indonesian
- lifft Welsh
- lift Estonian
- 𨋢 Chinese
- lift Slovak
- lifti Swahili
- lif Hausa
- lift
- lifter
- lifted
- liftup
- relift
- manlift
- outlift
- liftoff
- eyelift
- liftman
- liftest
- sealift
- lifteth
- liftboy
- skylift
- airlift
- haylift
- liftover
- forklift
- noselift
- boatlift
- browlift
- liftgate
- deadlift
- facelift
- hairlift
- draglift
- liftless
- forelift
- liftback
- liftline
- buttlift
- backlift
- liftable
- uplifter
- turbolift
- stairlift
- trooplift
- chairlift
- upliftment