| lift | | |
| lift | (n.) | the act of giving temporary assistance. |
| aerodynamic lift, lift | (n.) | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity. |
| elevation, lift, raising | (n.) | the event of something being raised upward.; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" |
| lift, rise | (n.) | a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground. |
| lift, ski lift, ski tow | (n.) | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill. |
| lift | (n.) | a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg. |
| lift | (n.) | one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot. |
| elevator, lift | (n.) | lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building. |
| cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty | (n.) | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.; "some actresses have more than one face lift" |
| airlift, lift | (n.) | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). |
| lift | (n.) | a ride in a car.; "he gave me a lift home" |
| heave, lift, raise | (n.) | the act of raising something.; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" |
| bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | (v.) | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| lift | (v.) | take hold of something and move it to a different location.; "lift the box onto the table" |
| lift, raise | (v.) | move upwards.; "lift one's eyes" |
| arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | (v.) | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| lift | (v.) | make audible.; "He lifted a war whoop" |
| annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | (v.) | cancel officially.; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
| abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe | (v.) | make off with belongings of others. |
| hoist, lift, wind | (v.) | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" |
| lift, raise | (v.) | invigorate or heighten.; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" |
| elevate, lift, raise | (v.) | raise in rank or condition.; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" |
| lift | (v.) | take off or away by decreasing.; "lift the pressure" |
| lift, rear, rise | (v.) | rise up.; "The building rose before them" |
| lift | (v.) | pay off (a mortgage). |
| lift, plagiarise, plagiarize | (v.) | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. |
| lift, rustle | (v.) | take illegally.; "rustle cattle" |
| airlift, lift | (v.) | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means.; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" |
| lift | (v.) | take (root crops) out of the ground.; "lift potatoes" |
| lift | (v.) | call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs. |
| lift | (v.) | rise upward, as from pressure or moisture.; "The floor is lifting slowly" |
| lift, raise | (v.) | put an end to.; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" |
| lift | (v.) | remove (hair) by scalping. |
| lift | (v.) | remove from a seedbed or from a nursery.; "lift the tulip bulbs" |
| lift | (v.) | remove from a surface.; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" |
| face-lift, lift | (v.) | perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face. |
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