| Noun | 1. | lift - the act of giving temporary assistance |
| 2. | lift - the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity Synonyms: aerodynamic lift | |
| 3. | 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" | |
| 4. | lift - a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground Synonyms: rise | |
| 5. | lift - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill | |
| 6. | lift - a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg | |
| 7. | lift - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot | |
| 8. | lift - 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. | lift - 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: facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting | |
| 10. | lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)Synonyms: airlift | |
| 11. | lift - a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home" | |
| 12. | lift - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" | |
| Verb | 1. | lift - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| 2. | lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table" | |
| 3. | lift - move upwards; "lift one's eyes" Synonyms: raise | |
| 4. | lift - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" | |
| 5. | lift - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop" | |
| 6. | lift - annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" | |
| 7. | lift - make off with belongings of others | |
| 8. | lift - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" | |
| 9. | lift - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" Synonyms: raise | |
| 10. | lift - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" | |
| 11. | lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure" | |
| 12. | lift - rise up; "The building rose before them" | |
| 13. | lift - pay off (a mortgage) | |
| 14. | lift - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property Synonyms: plagiarise, plagiarize | |
| 15. | lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle" Synonyms: rustle | |
| 16. | lift - fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" Synonyms: airlift | |
| 17. | lift - take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes" | |
| 18. | lift - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs | |
| 19. | lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly" | |
| 20. | lift - put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" Synonyms: raise | |
| 21. | lift - remove (hair) by scalping | |
| 22. | lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs" | |
| 23. | lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | |
| 24. | lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face Synonyms: face-lift |
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