Lift
nounNoun
the act of raising something
“he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”
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”
Type of:Anaplastya ride in a car
“he gave me a lift home”
Type of:DriveRidelifting 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
Similar:Elevatortransportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Similar:AirliftType of:TransferConveyanceTransportationa wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Similar:RiseType of:Wavethe event of something being raised upward
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Type of:TransportConveyancea device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Type of:Deviceone of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
Type of:BedLayerthe act of giving temporary assistance
Type of:AidHelpAssistance
Verb
invigorate or heighten
“lift my spirits”
“lift his ego”
Similar:RaiseType of:MeliorateBetterImprovefly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
“Food is airlifted into Bosnia”
Similar:AirliftType of:Flycancel officially
“lift an embargo”
put an end to
“lift a ban”
Similar:RaiseType of:TerminateEndmove upwards
“lift one's eyes”
Similar:RaiseType of:DisplaceMovemove upward
“The fog lifted”
raise in rank or condition
“The new law lifted many people from poverty”
raise from a lower to a higher position
make audible
“He lifted a war whoop”
Type of:EmitUtterremove from a seedbed or from a nursery
“lift the tulip bulbs”
Type of:TakeRemoveWithdrawremove from a surface
“the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table”
Type of:RemoveWithdrawTakerise upward, as from pressure or moisture
“The floor is lifting slowly”
take hold of something and move it to a different location
“lift the box onto the table”
Type of:MoveDisplacetake off or away by decreasing
“lift the pressure”
Type of:RemoveWithdrawTaketake (root crops) out of the ground
“lift potatoes”
Type of:Digraise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
make off with belongings of others
rise up
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Similar:Face-liftType of:Operatetake illegally
Similar:RustleType of:RipStealtake without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Type of:RipStealcall to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Type of:Callpay off (a mortgage)
Type of:Liquidateremove (hair) by scalping
Type of:Scalp
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