lift up

English

Verb

lift up (third-person singular simple present lifts up, present participle lifting up, simple past and past participle lifted up)

1. (transitive) To elevate to a higher position.
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.

Derived terms

• uplifting

Translations

to elevate

• Arabic: رَفَعَ‎ (ar) (rafaʿa)
• Czech: zvednout (cs) pf, zdvihnout (cs) pf
• Dutch: optillen (nl)
• Egyptian: (wṯz), (fꜣj)
• Galician: erguer (gl)
• German: heben (de), erheben (de)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hauhjan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: αἴρω (aírō), βαστάζω (bastázō), ἀείρω (aeírō) (Epic)

• Irish: tóg suas

• Latin: ēlevō, extollō
• Ngazidja Comorian: uheza
• Polish: podciągać (pl) impf, podciągnąć pf
• Portuguese: erguer (pt)
• Russian: задирать (ru) (zadiratʹ)
• Slovak: zdvihnúť pf
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎌𐎀 (nšả)

To exalt the mood of someone

• Russian: воодушевлять (ru) (vooduševljatʹ)

Anagrams

• pitful, uplift