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Definition of 'lift' Noun
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Synonyms: aerodynamic lift - 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 - a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Synonyms: rise - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Synonyms: ski tow ski lift - a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- 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 - 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 - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Synonyms: airlift - a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
- 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
- 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 - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
- move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
Synonyms: raise - 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 - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
- 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 - make off with belongings of others
Synonyms: pilfer cabbage purloin pinch abstract snarf swipe hook sneak filch nobble - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
Synonyms: hoist wind  - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
Synonyms: raise - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
Synonyms: raise elevate - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
- rise up; "The building rose before them"
Synonyms: rise rear - pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Synonyms: plagiarize plagiarise - take illegally; "rustle cattle"
Synonyms: rustle - fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
Synonyms: airlift - take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
- put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
Synonyms: raise - remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
- remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Synonyms: face-lift
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