uplift
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Types & categories
- rising hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
Music can uplift your spirits
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dismay antonym
- joy causes
- lightness derivation
- intoxication derivation
- elation derivation
Sense 3 noun
a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
Types & categories
- brassiere hypernym
Related & opposite
- uplift derivation
Sense 4 verb
lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
the earth's movement uplifted this part of town
Types & categories
- rise hypernym
Related & opposite
- uplift derivation
Sense 5 verb
lift up or elevate
Types & categories
- push up hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | upheave |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | uplift |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rising |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dismay |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | joy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lightness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intoxication |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | beatify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | puff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inebriate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | uplift |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | brassiere |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | uplift |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rise |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | uplift |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | uplifting |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | push up |