lift

Plural: lifts

Noun

• 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"
• An act of lifting or raising.
• The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
• Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
• An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
• The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
• A thief.
• The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
• Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
• An improvement in mood.
• The amount or weight to be lifted.
• The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
• A rise; a degree of elevation.
• A liftgate.
• A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
• One of the steps of a cone pulley.
• A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
• That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
• A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
• A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
• Air.
• The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

Verb

Verb Forms: lifted, lifting, lifts

• To raise something to a higher position.
• raise from a lower to a higher position
  • "Lift a load"
• 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
• To raise or rise.
• To steal.
• To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
• To arrest (a person).
• To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
• To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
• to cause to move upwards.
• To lift weights; to weight-lift.
• To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
• To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
• To bear; to support.
• To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
• Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.18)
• Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.18)
• To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
• To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
• To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.

Examples

• He gave me a lift to the bus station.
• He tried to LIFT his score by using a bonus square in Scrabble, but his word was too short.
• She lifts twice a week at the gym.
• Take the lift to the fourth floor.
• The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.
• the lift of a lock in canals
• What's the maximum lift of this crane?
• You never lift a finger to help me!

Synonyms

abstract, aerodynamic lift, airlift, annul, arise, bring up, cabbage, come up, cosmetic surgery, countermand, elevate, elevation, elevator, face lift, face lifting, face-lift, facelift, filch, get up, go up, heave, hoist, hook, move up, nip and tuck, nobble, overturn, pilfer, pinch, plagiarise, plagiarize, purloin, raise, raising, rear, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, rise, rustle, ski lift, ski tow, snarf, sneak, swipe, uprise, vacate, wind, air, atmosphere, ride, welkin

Antonyms

fall, lower

Related Words

escalator, LIFTABLE