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lift

Nouns

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

Verbs

• (v) raise from a lower to a higher position
  • Raise your hands
  • Lift a load
  elevate, raise, get up, bring up,
• (v) take hold of something and move it to a different location
  • lift the box onto the table
• (v) move upwards
  • lift one's eyes
  raise,
• (v) move upward
  • The fog lifted
  • The smoke arose from the forest fire
  • The mist uprose from the meadows
  go up, rise, move up, arise, come up, uprise,
• (v) make audible
  • He lifted a war whoop
• (v) cancel officially
  • He revoked the ban on smoking
  • lift an embargo
  • vacate a death sentence
  countermand, repeal, rescind, annul, revoke, vacate, reverse, overturn,
• (v) make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, pinch, sneak, hook,
• (v) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  • hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
  hoist, wind,
• (v) invigorate or heighten
  • lift my spirits
  • lift his ego
  raise,
• (v) raise in rank or condition
  • The new law lifted many people from poverty
  elevate, raise,
• (v) take off or away by decreasing
  • lift the pressure
• (v) rise up
  • The building rose before them
  rear, rise,
• (v) pay off (a mortgage)
• (v) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property plagiarise, plagiarize,
• (v) take illegally
  • rustle cattle
  rustle,
• (v) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
  • Food is airlifted into Bosnia
  airlift,
• (v) take (root crops) out of the ground
  • lift potatoes
• (v) call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
• (v) rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
  • The floor is lifting slowly
• (v) put an end to
  • lift a ban
  • raise a siege
  raise,
• (v) remove (hair) by scalping
• (v) remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
  • lift the tulip bulbs
• (v) remove from a surface
  • the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
• (v) perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face face-lift,

Synonyms

elevate raise get up bring up aerodynamic lift elevation raising go up rise move up arise come up uprise ski lift ski tow countermand repeal rescind annul revoke vacate reverse overturn cabbage filch pilfer purloin snarf abstract nobble swipe pinch sneak hook elevator hoist wind cosmetic surgery facelift face lift nip and tuck rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty face lifting airlift rear heave plagiarise plagiarize rustle

Antonyms

bring down let down lower take down get down come down descend go down fall

See also

gather up lift up pick up rise up surface come up rise

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