Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Uplift

Uplift , transitive verb

To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. — Cowper
Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed. — Milton

Uplift , noun

(Geology) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.