If something uplifts people, it helps them to have a better life, for example by making them feel happy or by improving their social conditions. We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit. Uplift is also a noun. This victory was a massive uplift for us
Wind moving over a structure causes negative wind pressure (suction) to be placed on a building that creates uplift forces (upward pull) Roofs are designed to resist uplift caused when high winds travel over and across the roof
a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts lift up or elevate lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town
In economics, an uplift in something such as the price of shares is an increase in their value. an uplift in the stock market Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift
(pronounced up-lift): To uplift is to pick up, collect, or take possession of something They had instructed their hauliers not to uplift grain if there was any doubt about where it had been stored He came round to uplift the rent