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