Meaning & Definition of Lift in English
Lift
noun
1. The act of giving temporary assistance
- lift
2. The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- aerodynamic lift,
- lift
3. 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,
- lift,
- raising
4. A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- lift,
- rise
5. A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- ski tow,
- ski lift,
- lift
6. A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- lift
7. One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- lift
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
- elevator,
- lift
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"
- face lift,
- facelift,
- lift,
- face lifting,
- cosmetic surgery,
- rhytidectomy,
- rhytidoplasty,
- nip and tuck
10. Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- airlift,
- lift
11. A ride in a car
- "He gave me a lift home"
- lift
12. The act of raising something
- "He responded with a lift of his eyebrow"
- "Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
- lift,
- raise,
- heave
verb
1. Raise from a lower to a higher position
- "Raise your hands"
- "Lift a load"
- raise,
- lift,
- elevate,
- get up,
- bring up
2. Take hold of something and move it to a different location
- "Lift the box onto the table"
- lift
3. Move upwards
- "Lift one's eyes"
- lift,
- raise
4. Move upward
- "The fog lifted"
- "The smoke arose from the forest fire"
- "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- rise,
- lift,
- arise,
- move up,
- go up,
- come up,
- uprise
5. Make audible
- "He lifted a war whoop"
- lift
6. Cancel officially
- "He revoked the ban on smoking"
- "Lift an embargo"
- "Vacate a death sentence"
- revoke,
- annul,
- lift,
- countermand,
- reverse,
- repeal,
- overturn,
- rescind,
- vacate
7. Make off with belongings of others
- pilfer,
- cabbage,
- purloin,
- pinch,
- abstract,
- snarf,
- swipe,
- hook,
- sneak,
- filch,
- nobble,
- lift
8. Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- "Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
- hoist,
- lift,
- wind
9. Invigorate or heighten
- "Lift my spirits"
- "Lift his ego"
- raise,
- lift
10. Raise in rank or condition
- "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
- lift,
- raise,
- elevate
11. Take off or away by decreasing
- "Lift the pressure"
- lift
12. Rise up
- "The building rose before them"
- rise,
- lift,
- rear
13. Pay off (a mortgage)
- lift
14. Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech
- Of intellectual property
- plagiarize,
- plagiarise,
- lift
15. Take illegally
- "Rustle cattle"
- rustle,
- lift
16. Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- "Food is airlifted into bosnia"
- airlift,
- lift
17. Take (root crops) out of the ground
- "Lift potatoes"
- lift
18. Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- lift
19. Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- "The floor is lifting slowly"
- lift
20. Put an end to
- "Lift a ban"
- "Raise a siege"
- lift,
- raise
21. Remove (hair) by scalping
- lift
22. Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- "Lift the tulip bulbs"
- lift
23. Remove from a surface
- "The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
- lift
24. Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- face-lift,
- lift