Meanings
present singular third person lifts up · participle present lifting up · participle past lifted up · past lifted up
- transitiveTo 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 - transitiveTo raise the volume of (one's voice).
The congregation lifted up their voices in praise.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbfill with high spirits; fill with optimism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek αἴρω, βαστάζω
- αἴρω (aírō)to elevate to a higher position
- βαστάζω (bastázō)to elevate to a higher position
- ἀείρω (aeírō)to elevate to a higher position
Arabic رَفَعَ
- رَفَعَ (rafaʕa)to elevate to a higher position
Czech zvednout, zdvihnout
- zvednoutto elevate to a higher position
- zdvihnoutto elevate to a higher position
Dutch optillen
- optillento elevate to a higher position
German heben, erheben
- hebento elevate to a higher position
- erhebento elevate to a higher position
Irish tóg suas
- tóg suasto elevate to a higher position
Latin ēlevō, extollō
- ēlevōto elevate to a higher position
- extollōto elevate to a higher position
Polish podciągać, podciągnąć
- podciągaćto elevate to a higher position
- podciągnąćto elevate to a higher position
- podnosićto elevate to a higher position
- podnieśćto elevate to a higher position
- unosićto elevate to a higher position
- unieśćto elevate to a higher position
- dźwigaćto elevate to a higher position
- dźwignąćto elevate to a higher position
- podnosić na duchuto exalt the mood of someone
- podnieść na duchuto exalt the mood of someone
- podnosić głosto raise the volume of (one's voice)
- podnieść głosto raise the volume of (one's voice)
Portuguese erguer
- erguerto elevate to a higher position
Russian задирать, воодушевлять
- задирать (zadiratʹ)to elevate to a higher position
- воодушевлять (vooduševljatʹ)to exalt the mood of someone
Slovak zdvihnúť
- zdvihnúťto elevate to a higher position
Cite this entry
lift up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lift%20up
“lift up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lift%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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