lift
noun
1. the act of giving temporary assistance
Definition categories: act, aid, assist, assistance, help
2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Definition categories: phenomenon
3. the event of something being raised upward
Similar word(s): elevation, raising
Definition categories: event, ascension, ascent, rise, rising
4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Similar word(s): rise
Definition categories: event, wave
5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Definition categories: man–made, conveyance, transport
6. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Definition categories: man–made, device
7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
Definition categories: man–made, bed, layer
8. 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
Similar word(s): elevator
Definition categories: man–made
9. 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
Similar word(s): facelift, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
Definition categories: act, anaplasty
10. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Similar word(s): airlift
Definition categories: act, conveyance, transfer, transport, transportation
11. a ride in a car
- he gave me a lift home
Definition categories: act, drive, ride
12. the act of raising something
- he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion
Sentences with lift as a noun:
- He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- Take the lift to the fourth floor.
- the lift of a lock in canals
verb
1. raise from a lower to a higher position
- Lift a load
Similar word(s): elevate, raise
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
2. take hold of something and move it to a different location
- lift the box onto the table
Definition categories: contact, displace, move
3. move upwards
- lift one's eyes
Similar word(s): raise
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
4. move upward
- The fog lifted
Similar word(s): arise, rise, uprise
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
5. make audible
- He lifted a war whoop
Definition categories: communication, emit, utter
6. cancel officially
- lift an embargo
Similar word(s): annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate
Definition categories: communication, cancel
7. make off with belongings of others
Similar word(s): abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
Definition categories: possession, rip, steal
8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Definition categories: contact, elevate, lift, raise
9. invigorate or heighten
- lift my spirits
- lift his ego
Similar word(s): raise
Definition categories: change, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
10. raise in rank or condition
- The new law lifted many people from poverty
Similar word(s): elevate, raise
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
11. take off or away by decreasing
- lift the pressure
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
12. rise up
Definition categories: stative, appear, look, seem
13. pay off (a mortgage)
Definition categories: possession, liquidate
14. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Similar word(s): plagiarise, plagiarize
Definition categories: possession, rip, steal
15. take illegally
Similar word(s): rustle
Definition categories: possession, rip, steal
16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Similar word(s): airlift
Definition categories: contact, fly
17. take (root crops) out of the ground
- lift potatoes
Definition categories: contact, dig
18. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Definition categories: communication, call
19. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- The floor is lifting slowly
Definition categories: change, buckle, heave, warp
20. put an end to
- lift a ban
Similar word(s): raise
Definition categories: change, end, terminate
21. remove (hair) by scalping
Definition categories: change, scalp
22. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- lift the tulip bulbs
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
23. remove from a surface
- the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Definition categories: body, operate
Sentences with lift as a verb:
- The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.
- You never lift a finger to help me!
- She can lift twice her bodyweight.