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elevated
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Word definitions for elevated in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating .] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity .] To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Raised, particularly above ground level. 2 Increased, particularly above a normal level. 3 Of a higher rank or status. v (en-past of: elevate )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. raised above ground level; on elevated rails; "elevated railway" raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"
Usage examples of elevated.
Madame Adams possessed a mind elevated in its views and capable of attainments above the common order of intellects.
Loop was aroar with the noon hour rush, and elevated trains rumbled above our heads as we turned down Wabash Avenue.
I pedaled my bicycle along the elevated bikeway, filling my lungs with clean, fresh, flower-scented air.
Sunday morning I was pedaling along the elevated bikeway, far from home, having gotten up before dawn and slipped out without waking the family, when I caught my first glimpse of the ships.
We must commit to exercise because inactive lifestyles contribute to weight gain, elevated blood fats, cardiovascular disease, cancer, reduced blood sugar regulation, and increased depression, memory loss, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, and a host of other emotional and physical problems.
A few meals were still going out, past the two 203 HOTEL middle-aged women checkers seated primly, like suspicious schoolmistresses, at elevated billing registers.
Other waiters, with loaded trays, moved quickly past the two austere women checkers at elevated billing registers.
It consists in the elevated, heroic, or historical theme, academic form well drawn, some show of bright colors, smoothness of brush-work, and precision and nicety of detail.
The elevated periscope stand in the control room where the Officer of the Deck usually conns the submarine.
The features of the elevated enclosure of San Carlos can be recognized in dim outline, and also those of the Old Town of Coruna around, though scarcely a lamp is shining.
Dean Folan dismounted behind her, leaving Will Danza sitting on his horse, keeping watch from his elevated vantage point.
Luke as a gentleman of fashion, recently elevated to the title of Lord Hardwyck, but he had also, secretly, acted as the Saint of Seven Dials, the legendary thief who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
And a colliery where driverless wagons rolled along their elevated, sloping tracks under the guidance of gravity.
It was a functional, solid sort of place, not really in keeping with the elevated esthetics of the Custodians.
Soon the elevated bypass loomed overhead, supported by thick ferroconcrete piers.