elevation

Roget-categorie 307

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
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#307. Elevation

zelfstandig naamwoord

elevation — raising etc. v. — erection, lift — sublevation^†, upheaval — sublimation, exaltation — prominence etc. (convexity) 250.
lever etc. 633 — crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch — dredge, dredger, dredging machine.
dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.

werkwoord

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.
escalate etc. (increase) 35 102 194.
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.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

elevated etc. v. — stilted, attollent^†, rampant.

bijwoord

on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.

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