1. (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

2. (n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.

Great Leap Forward abruptness acclivity acculturate advance advancement aggrandize ameliorate amelioration amend amendment anabasis apotheose apotheosis apotheosize ascension ascent assumption bear up beatification beatify better bettering betterment boost bring forward buoy buoy up canonization canonize cast up civilize clamber climb climbing crown deification deify edify educate elate elevate elevation emend enhance enhancement enlighten ennoble enrich enrichment enshrine enshrinement enthrone erect erection escalade escalate escalation eugenics euthenics exalt exaltation fatten favor float float high flush forward foster fountain furtherance glamorize glorify go straight gush gyring up headway heave heft height heighten heist hike hoick hoist hold up illume illumine immortalize improve improve upon improvement increase irradiate jerk up jet jump knock up lard leap levitate levitation lift lift up lifting lionize lob loft magnify make an improvement make legendary meliorate melioration mend mending mount mounting nurture perk up pick up pickup pitch precipitousness preferment progress progression promote promotion raise raise aloft raise up raising rear rear aloft rear up rearing recovery refine upon reform restoration revival ride high rise rising rising ground rocketing up saint saltation sanctify set up shooting up sky soaring socialize spout spring spurt stand upright steepness stick up straighten out surge sursum corda sustain take up takeoff taking off throne throw up transfigure transform up upbear upbeat upbuoy upbuoying upcast upclimb upcoming updraft upend upgang upgo upgoing upgrade upgrowth upheaval upheave uphill uphoist uphold upleap uplifting upping upraise uprear uprearing upright uprisal uprise uprising uprush upshoot upslope upsurge upsurgence upsweep upswing upthrow upthrust uptrend upward mobility vault verticalness waft zooming