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All upraise synonyms

up·raise
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verb upraise

  • lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
  • hefting — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
  • console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
  • hold to — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • jackSir John Arthur ("Jack") 1926–2014, Australian racing-car driver and designer.
  • cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
  • comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
  • levered — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
  • boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
  • move up — to pass from one place or position to another.
  • knock together — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • erect — Rigidly upright or straight.
  • hoist — to hoist.
  • levering — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
  • goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • heft — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
  • lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
  • brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
  • goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • fetch up — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
  • elevate — Raise or lift (something) up to a higher position.
  • hefted — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
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