Definition of 'lift'

Noun

1. the act of giving temporary assistance
2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
      Synonyms: aerodynamic lift
3. the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
      Synonyms: elevation raising
4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
      Synonyms: rise
5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
      Synonyms: ski tow ski lift
6. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
8. 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
      Synonyms: elevator
9. 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"
      Synonyms: face lift facelift face lifting cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty nip and tuck
10. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
       Synonyms: airlift
11. a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
12. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
       Synonyms: raise heave

Verb

1. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
      Synonyms: raise elevate get up bring up
      Antonyms: lower take down let down get down bring down
2. take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
3. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
      Synonyms: raise
4. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
      Synonyms: rise arise move up go up come up uprise
      Antonyms: descend fall go down come down
5. make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
6. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
      Synonyms: revoke annul countermand reverse repeal overturn rescind vacate
7. make off with belongings of others
      Synonyms: pilfer cabbage purloin pinch abstract snarf swipe hook sneak filch nobble
8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
      Synonyms: hoist wind

      

9. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
      Synonyms: raise
10. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
       Synonyms: raise elevate
11. take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
12. rise up; "The building rose before them"
       Synonyms: rise rear
13. pay off (a mortgage)
14. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
       Synonyms: plagiarize plagiarise
15. take illegally; "rustle cattle"
       Synonyms: rustle
16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
       Synonyms: airlift
17. take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
18. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
19. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
20. put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
       Synonyms: raise
21. remove (hair) by scalping
22. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
23. remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
       Synonyms: face-lift

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