1. Verb
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.
2. Noun
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
3. Noun
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
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