Meaning

• Anything that raises or uplifts.

• A permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically, used to transport people and goods.

• A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)

• A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.

• A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.

• Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.

• A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.