Dictionary

lift up en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (transitive) To elevate to a higher position.
   • In short, all those whom the gentry had despised, those whom they had trodden into the dirt, people with no place in society, people with no right to speak, have now audaciously lifted up their heads. They have not only lifted up their heads but taken power into their hands. 1954 [1927 March], Mao Tse-tung, “Report on an Investigation on the Peasant Movement in Hunan”, in Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, volume I, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 29:
2. (transitive) To exalt the mood of someone.
   • Ending the evening with an Abba song really lifted up the crowd.
3. (transitive) To raise the volume of (one's voice).
   • The congregation lifted up their voices in praise.

Forms

Deriveds

liftup

Relateds

uplift · uplifting · lift down · lift off

Translations (43)

pl dźwignąć (to elevate to a higher position) · scn ajisari (to exalt the mood of someone) · cs zvednout (to elevate to a higher position) · scn spìnciri (to elevate to a higher position) · grc ἀείρω (to elevate to a higher position) · scn muntari (to exalt the mood of someone) · ga tóg suas (to elevate to a higher position) · de heben (to elevate to a higher position) · grc βαστάζω (to elevate to a higher position) · pl dźwigać (to elevate to a higher position) · cs zdvihnout (to elevate to a higher position) · scn ajisari (to elevate to a higher position) · pl podnosić (to elevate to a higher position) · pl podnieść głos (to raise the volume of (one's voice)) · sk zdvihnúť (to elevate to a higher position) · ru воодушевлять (to exalt the mood of someone) · pl podciągnąć (to elevate to a higher position) · pl podciągać (to elevate to a higher position) · pl podnieść na duchu (to exalt the mood of someone) · scn sustèniri (to exalt the mood of someone) · ar رَفَعَ (to elevate to a higher position) · nl optillen (to elevate to a higher position) · pl podnosić głos (to raise the volume of (one's voice)) · de erheben (to elevate to a higher position) · la extollō (to elevate to a higher position) · pt erguer (to elevate to a higher position) · pl unieść (to elevate to a higher position) · egy W-T:z-U39-A24 (to elevate to a higher position) · uga 𐎐𐎌𐎀 (to elevate to a higher position) · ru задирать (to elevate to a higher position) · pl podnieść (to elevate to a higher position) · pl unosić (to elevate to a higher position) · zdj uheza (to elevate to a higher position) · scn sùsiri (to elevate to a higher position) · gl erguer (to elevate to a higher position) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to elevate to a higher position) · la ēlevō (to elevate to a higher position) · scn carricari (to exalt the mood of someone) · grc αἴρω (to elevate to a higher position) · akk našûm (to elevate to a higher position) · egy f-A-A9 (to elevate to a higher position) · pl podnosić na duchu (to exalt the mood of someone) · scn ammuttari (to exalt the mood of someone)