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lift

noun
  1. the act of raising something
    “I responded with a lift of my eyebrow.”
    heave
  2. a ride in a car
    “They gave me a lift home.”
  3. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
    airlift
  4. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face
    nip and tuckface liftfaceliftface liftingcosmetic surgeryrhytidectomyrhytidoplasty
  5. the act of giving temporary assistance
  6. 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
    elevator
  7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
  8. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
  9. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
    ski towski lift
  10. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
    rise
  11. the event of something being raised upward
    raisingelevation
  12. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
    aerodynamic lift
verb
  1. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
    face-lift
  2. remove from a surface
    “the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table”
  3. take off or away by decreasing
    “lift the pressure”
  4. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
    “lift the tulip bulbs”
  5. remove (hair) by scalping
  6. put an end to
    “lift a ban”
    raiseendsnuff outextinguish
  7. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
    “The floor is lifting slowly”
  8. raise in rank or condition
    “The new law lifted many people from poverty”
    raise
  9. invigorate or heighten
    “lift my spirits”
    raise
  10. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
  11. cancel officially
    overturn
  12. make audible
    “I lifted a war whoop.”
  13. take root crops out of the ground
    “It's nearly time to lift the potatoes.”
  14. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
    “Food is airlifted into Bosnia”
    airlift
  15. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
    windhoist
  16. take hold of something and move it to a different location
    “lift the box onto the table”
  17. move upward
    “The fog lifted”
    riseariseuprisego upcome upmove up
  18. move upwards
    “lift one's eyes”
    raise
  19. raise from a lower to a higher position
    raiseget upbring upelevate
  20. make off with belongings of others
    pinch
  21. take illegally
    rustlelootplunder
  22. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech
    plagiariseplagiarize
  23. pay off (a mortgage)
  24. rise up
    riserear