| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct |
| Synonyms: | educate, enlighten, improve, teach, uplift |
| Main Entry: | inspirit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elate |
| Synonyms: | animate, buoy, cheer, elevate, encourage, exhilarate, flush, gladden, inspire, lift, uplift |
| Main Entry: | jack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise |
| Synonyms: | boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hike, hoist, hold up, jump, lever, lift, lift up, mount, move up, place up, promote, pry, pull up, put on its end, put up, rear, run up, set up, set upright, shove, stand up, take up, throw up, up, upcast, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear |
| Main Entry: | upraise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate |
| Synonyms: | boost, erect, fetch up, heave, heighten, hike up, hoist, jack up, levitate, lift, pick up*, poise, pump, put up, pyramid, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, uprear |
| Main Entry: | uprear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate |
| Synonyms: | boost, erect, fetch up, heave, heighten, hike up, hoist, jack up, levitate, lift, pick up*, poise, pump, put up, pyramid, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, upraise |
| Concept: | Elevation. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-nouns
elevation; raising; erection, lift; sublevation, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence (convexity)., lever; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine; dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.
-verbs
heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal., take up, drag up, fish up; dredge., stand up, rise up, get up, jump up; spring to one's feet; hold oneself, hold one's head up; drawn oneself up to his full height.
-adjectives
elevated; stilted, attollent, rampant.
-adverbs
on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.
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| Antonyms: | depression |
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| Concept: | Rear. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; special |
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-nouns
rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland., occiput, nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside, scut, breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region, lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone; natch, natch bone., stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper., wake; train (sequence)., reverse; other side of the shield.
-verbs
be behind; fall astern; bend backwards; bring up the rear.
-adjectives
back, rear; hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost; postern, posterior; dorsal, after; caudal, lumbar; mizzen, tergal.
-adverbs
behind; in the rear, in the background; behind one's back; at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of; back to back., after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward.
-phrases
ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio.
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| Antonyms: | front |
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