Definition of "uplifted"

To the northeast and northwest of the uplifted area there was a belt of depression, mainly in land areas.

1968, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake, The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 - Volume 5, page 122

Some of the female figurines depicted women with uplifted arms while others portrayed pregnant females with uplifted arms in the process of giving birth.

2005, Karen Tate, Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations, page 34