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Quick definitions from WordNet (lift)
▸ noun: the act of raising something ("He responded with a lift of his eyebrow")
▸ noun: a ride in a car ("He gave me a lift home")
▸ noun: the act of giving temporary assistance
▸ noun: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
▸ noun: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
▸ noun: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
▸ noun: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the event of something being raised upward
▸ noun: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
▸ verb: pay off (a mortgage)
▸ verb: put an end to ("Lift a ban")
▸ verb: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture ("The floor is lifting slowly")
▸ verb: raise in rank or condition ("The new law lifted many people from poverty")
▸ verb: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
▸ verb: make audible ("He lifted a war whoop")
▸ verb: take (root crops) out of the ground ("Lift potatoes")
▸ verb: take hold of something and move it to a different location ("Lift the box onto the table")
▸ verb: remove from a surface ("The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table")
▸ verb: take off or away by decreasing ("Lift the pressure")
▸ verb: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery ("Lift the tulip bulbs")
▸ verb: remove (hair) by scalping
▸ verb: move upwards ("Lift one's eyes")
▸ verb: make off with belongings of others
▸ verb: take illegally
▸ verb: rise up
▸ verb: invigorate or heighten ("Lift my spirits")
▸ verb: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
▸ verb: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means ("Food is airlifted into Bosnia")
▸ verb: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
▸ verb: move upward ("The fog lifted")
▸ verb: raise from a lower to a higher position ("Lift a load")
▸ verb: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
▸ verb: annul by recalling or rescinding ("Lift an embargo")
▸ Also see lifts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to lift
▸ Usage examples for lift
▸ Popular adjectives describing lift
▸ Words that often appear near lift
▸ Rhymes of lift
▸ Invented words related to lift
▸ noun: the act of raising something ("He responded with a lift of his eyebrow")
▸ noun: a ride in a car ("He gave me a lift home")
▸ noun: the act of giving temporary assistance
▸ noun: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
▸ noun: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
▸ noun: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
▸ noun: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the event of something being raised upward
▸ noun: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
▸ verb: pay off (a mortgage)
▸ verb: put an end to ("Lift a ban")
▸ verb: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture ("The floor is lifting slowly")
▸ verb: raise in rank or condition ("The new law lifted many people from poverty")
▸ verb: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
▸ verb: make audible ("He lifted a war whoop")
▸ verb: take (root crops) out of the ground ("Lift potatoes")
▸ verb: take hold of something and move it to a different location ("Lift the box onto the table")
▸ verb: remove from a surface ("The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table")
▸ verb: take off or away by decreasing ("Lift the pressure")
▸ verb: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery ("Lift the tulip bulbs")
▸ verb: remove (hair) by scalping
▸ verb: move upwards ("Lift one's eyes")
▸ verb: make off with belongings of others
▸ verb: take illegally
▸ verb: rise up
▸ verb: invigorate or heighten ("Lift my spirits")
▸ verb: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
▸ verb: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means ("Food is airlifted into Bosnia")
▸ verb: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
▸ verb: move upward ("The fog lifted")
▸ verb: raise from a lower to a higher position ("Lift a load")
▸ verb: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
▸ verb: annul by recalling or rescinding ("Lift an embargo")
▸ Also see lifts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to lift
▸ Usage examples for lift
▸ Popular adjectives describing lift
▸ Words that often appear near lift
▸ Rhymes of lift
▸ Invented words related to lift