uplifts

Noun

uplift (countable and uncountable, plural uplifts)

1. The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
   • The EMR Regional timetable improvements also include a significant uplift in Sunday services.2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58
2. A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
   • Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms, page 143
3. The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
4. (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
   • Dressed in a light silk brassiere and scanties, which was all she wore under her frock, she was unkind enough to say, "I think those uplift fakes of yours are a mistake, Sadie dear. They raise false expectations in the amorous male." "But my breasts are all right," said Sadie, hurt, and pushing her...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 15
5. An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.
   • The CMA fined the companies involved £3.4 million, which included uplifts for director level involvement.2020, David Begg, Economics for Business, page 148

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