lift

(noun) the act of giving temporary assistance.

(noun) the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity. Synonyms: aerodynamic lift.

(noun) the event of something being raised upward. Synonyms: elevation, raising. Examples: "An elevation of the temperature in the afternoon." "A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity."

(noun) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground. Synonyms: rise.

(noun) a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill. Synonyms: ski tow, ski lift.

(noun) a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg.

(noun) one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot.

(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. Synonyms: elevator.

(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. Synonyms: face lift, facelift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck. Examples: "Some actresses have more than one face lift."

(noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). Synonyms: airlift.

(noun) a ride in a car. Examples: "He gave me a lift home."

(noun) the act of raising something. Synonyms: raise, heave. Examples: "He responded with a lift of his eyebrow." "Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up."

(verb) raise from a lower to a higher position. Synonyms: raise, elevate, get up, bring up. Examples: "Raise your hands." "Lift a load."

(verb) take hold of something and move it to a different location. Examples: "Lift the box onto the table."

(verb) move upwards. Synonyms: raise. Examples: "Lift one's eyes."

(verb) move upward. Synonyms: rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise. Examples: "The fog lifted." "The smoke arose from the forest fire." "The mist uprose from the meadows."

(verb) make audible. Examples: "He lifted a war whoop."

(verb) cancel officially. Synonyms: revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate. Examples: "He revoked the ban on smoking." "Lift an embargo." "Vacate a death sentence."

(verb) make off with belongings of others. Synonyms: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble.

(verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. Synonyms: hoist, wind. Examples: "Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car."

(verb) invigorate or heighten. Synonyms: raise. Examples: "Lift my spirits." "Lift his ego."

(verb) raise in rank or condition. Synonyms: raise, elevate. Examples: "The new law lifted many people from poverty."

(verb) take off or away by decreasing. Examples: "Lift the pressure."

(verb) rise up. Synonyms: rise, rear. Examples: "The building rose before them."

(verb) pay off (a mortgage).

(verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. Synonyms: plagiarize, plagiarise.

(verb) take illegally. Synonyms: rustle. Examples: "Rustle cattle."

(verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means. Synonyms: airlift. Examples: "Food is airlifted into bosnia."

(verb) take (root crops) out of the ground. Examples: "Lift potatoes."

(verb) call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs.

(verb) rise upward, as from pressure or moisture. Examples: "The floor is lifting slowly."

(verb) put an end to. Synonyms: raise. Examples: "Lift a ban." "Raise a siege."

(verb) remove (hair) by scalping.

(verb) remove from a seedbed or from a nursery. Examples: "Lift the tulip bulbs."

(verb) remove from a surface. Examples: "The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table."

(verb) perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face. Synonyms: face-lift.