lift


Meanings

  • the act of giving temporary assistance
  • the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
  • the event of something being raised upward;
  • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
  • a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
  • a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
  • one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
  • 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
  • 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"
  • transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
  • a ride in a car;
    • "he gave me a lift home"
  • the act of raising something;
    • "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"
  • raise from a lower to a higher position;
  • take hold of something and move it to a different location;
    • "lift the box onto the table"
  • move upwards;
    • "lift one's eyes"
  • move upward;
    • "The fog lifted"
  • make audible;
    • "He lifted a war whoop"
  • cancel officially;
    • "lift an embargo"
  • make off with belongings of others
  • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
  • invigorate or heighten;
    • "lift my spirits"
    • "lift his ego"
  • raise in rank or condition;
    • "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
  • take off or away by decreasing;
    • "lift the pressure"
  • rise up;
  • pay off (a mortgage)
  • take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
  • take illegally;
  • fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;
    • "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
  • take (root crops) out of the ground;
    • "lift potatoes"
  • call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
  • rise upward, as from pressure or moisture;
    • "The floor is lifting slowly"
  • put an end to;
    • "lift a ban"
  • remove (hair) by scalping
  • remove from a seedbed or from a nursery;
    • "lift the tulip bulbs"
  • remove from a surface;
    • "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
  • perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
  • LIFT v -ED, -ING, -S to move to a higher position LIFTABLE adj


Scrabble Score: 7

lift is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

lift is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

lift is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 8

lift is a valid Words With Friends word