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lift
noun(lift)
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,
lift
verb(lift)
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Synonyms: hoist, wind,
lift
noun(lift)
the act of raising something
Synonyms: heave, raise,
Examples:
He responded with a lift of his eyebrow.
lift
verb(lift)
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Synonyms: airlift,
Examples:
Food is airlifted into Bosnia.
lift
verb(lift)
invigorate or heighten
Synonyms: raise,
Examples:
Lift my spirits.
Lift his ego.
lift
verb(lift)
make off with belongings of others
Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe,
lift
noun(lift)
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Synonyms: airlift,
lift
verb(lift)
rise up
Synonyms: rear, rise,
lift
verb(lift)
cancel officially
Synonyms: annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate,
Examples:
Lift an embargo.
lift
verb(lift)
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Synonyms: face-lift,
lift
verb(lift)
take illegally
Synonyms: rustle,
lift
noun(lift)
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Synonyms: rise,
lift
verb(lift)
put an end to
Synonyms: raise,
Examples:
Lift a ban.
lift
noun(lift)
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: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty,
Examples:
Some actresses have more than one face lift.
lift
noun(lift)
the event of something being raised upward
Synonyms: elevation, raising,
lift
verb(lift)
raise from a lower to a higher position
Synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, raise,
lift
verb(lift)
move upwards
Synonyms: raise,
Examples:
Lift one's eyes.
lift
verb(lift)
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Synonyms: plagiarise, plagiarize,
lift
noun(lift)
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Synonyms: aerodynamic lift,
lift
verb(lift)
move upward
Synonyms: arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise,
Examples:
The fog lifted.
lift
verb(lift)
raise in rank or condition
Synonyms: elevate, raise,
Examples:
The new law lifted many people from poverty.
lift
noun(lift)
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Synonyms: ski lift, ski tow,
lift
noun(lift)
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
lift
noun(lift)
a ride in a car
Examples:
He gave me a lift home.
lift
verb(lift)
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
lift
verb(lift)
make audible
Examples:
He lifted a war whoop.
lift
noun(lift)
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
lift
verb(lift)
pay off (a mortgage)
lift
verb(lift)
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Examples:
Lift the tulip bulbs.
lift
verb(lift)
remove from a surface
Examples:
The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table.
lift
verb(lift)
remove (hair) by scalping
lift
verb(lift)
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Examples:
The floor is lifting slowly.
lift
verb(lift)
take hold of something and move it to a different location
Examples:
Lift the box onto the table.
lift
verb(lift)
take off or away by decreasing
Examples:
Lift the pressure.
lift
verb(lift)
take (root crops) out of the ground
Examples:
Lift potatoes.
lift
noun(lift)
the act of giving temporary assistance

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