elevare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- elevate verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
- hoist verb To raise or lift something up, often using ropes, pulleys, or machinery.
- involve verb To include something as a necessary part.
- rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
- uplift verb To raise someone's mood, spirits, or status.
Senses
elevare is used for these senses in English:
- elevate (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
- hoist (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
- involve (mathematics) To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.
- pick up (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- rear (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- uplift To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
elevate — full definition
- verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
- verb To raise someone's rank, status, or the quality of something.
hoist — full definition
- verb To raise or lift something up, often using ropes, pulleys, or machinery.
- verb Informal: to steal.
- noun A device used for lifting heavy loads.