Category:Uplift

Up*lift", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uplifting.]

Defn: to lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the Arm; to uplift a rock. Cowper. Satan, talking to his nearest mate, with head uplift above the wave, And eyes that sparkling blazed. Milton.

Uplift Up"lift`, n. (geol.)

Defn: a raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their Regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and The like.