1. lift(n = noun.act) - the act of giving temporary assistance;
is a kind of aid, assist, assistance, help
2. lift(n = noun.phenomenon) aerodynamic lift - the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity;
is a kind of aerodynamic force
has particulars: ground effect
3. lift(n = noun.event) elevation, raising - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
is a kind of ascension, ascent, rise, rising
Derived forms verb lift4, verb lift1
4. lift(n = noun.event) rise - a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground;
is a kind of moving ridge, wave
Derived form verb lift1
5. lift(n = noun.artifact) ski lift, ski tow - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill;
is a kind of conveyance, transport
has particulars: chair lift, chairlift, rope tow, surface lift
Derived forms verb lift8, verb lift1
6. lift(n = noun.artifact) - a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg;
is a kind of device
Derived form verb lift1
7. lift(n = noun.artifact) - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot;
is a kind of bed, layer
is a part of heel
has particulars: top lift
8. lift(n = noun.artifact) elevator - 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;
is a kind of lifting device
is a part of building, edifice
has parts: car, elevator car
has particulars: dumbwaiter, food elevator, freight elevator, service elevator, paternoster
Derived forms verb lift8, verb lift1
9. lift(n = noun.act) cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty - 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"
is a kind of anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery
has particulars: nose job, rhinoplasty
10. lift(n = noun.act) airlift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable);
is a kind of conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
has particulars: berlin airlift
Derived form verb lift1
11. lift(n = noun.act) - a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
is a kind of drive, ride
12. lift(n = noun.act) heave, raise - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
is a kind of actuation, propulsion
Derived forms verb lift8, verb lift3, verb lift1
1. lift(v = verb.motion) bring up, elevate, get up, raise - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
is one way to displace, move
Derived forms noun lift12, noun lift10, noun lift8, noun lift6, noun lift5, noun lift4, noun lift3, noun lifter1
Sample sentences:
The men lift the chairs
2. lift(v = verb.contact) - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something PP
3. lift(v = verb.motion) raise - move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
is one way to displace, move
Derived form noun lift12
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
4. lift(v = verb.motion) arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun lift3
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s
5. lift(v = verb.communication) - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
is one way to emit, let loose, let out, utter
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
6. lift(v = verb.communication) annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
is one way to cancel, strike down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
7. lift(v = verb.possession) abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe - make off with belongings of others;
is one way to steal
Derived form noun lifter2
Sample sentences:
They lift the goods
8. lift(v = verb.contact) hoist, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
is one way to bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
Derived forms noun lift12, noun lift8, noun lift5
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP
9. lift(v = verb.change) raise - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
10. lift(v = verb.change) elevate, raise - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
11. lift(v = verb.change) - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
12. lift(v = verb.stative) rear, rise - rise up; "The building rose before them"
is one way to appear, look, seem
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
13. lift(v = verb.possession) - pay off (a mortgage);
is one way to liquidate, pay off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
14. lift(v = verb.possession) plagiarise, plagiarize - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property;
is one way to steal
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
15. lift(v = verb.possession) rustle - take illegally; "rustle cattle"
is one way to steal
Sample sentences:
They lift the animals
16. lift(v = verb.contact) airlift - fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
is one way to fly
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
17. lift(v = verb.contact) - take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
is one way to dig, dig out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
18. lift(v = verb.communication) - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs;
is one way to call, send for
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
19. lift(v = verb.change) - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
is one way to buckle, heave, warp
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
20. lift(v = verb.change) raise - put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
21. lift(v = verb.change) - remove (hair) by scalping;
is one way to scalp
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
22. lift(v = verb.change) - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
23. lift(v = verb.change) - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
24. lift(v = verb.body) face-lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face;
is one way to operate, operate on
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [1913 Webster]
1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden. [1913 Webster]
2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
"The Roman virtues lift up mortal man." [1913 Webster]
"Lest, being lifted up with pride." [1913 Webster]
3. To bear; to support. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. [1913 Webster]
5. To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. [1913 Webster]
" In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted." [1913 Webster]
"He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered." [1913 Webster]
1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. [1913 Webster]
"Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy." [1913 Webster]
2. To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it. [1913 Webster]
3. To steal; also, to live by theft. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted. [1913 Webster]
2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
3. Help; assistance, as by lifting. [1913 Webster]
"The goat gives the fox a lift."
4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted [1913 Webster]
5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. [1913 Webster]
6. A lift gate. See
7. A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. [1913 Webster]
8. One of the steps of a cone pulley. [1913 Webster]
9. A layer of leather in the heel. [1913 Webster]
10. That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. Saunier. [1913 Webster]
11. A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement. [PJC]
lift, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by up, off, out, etc.) raise or remove to a higher position.
2 intr. go up; be raised; yield to an upward force (the window will not lift).
3 tr. give an upward direction to (the eyes or face).
4 tr. a elevate to a higher plane of thought or feeling (the news lifted their spirits). b make less heavy or dull; add interest to (something esp. artistic). c enhance, improve (lifted their game after half-time).
5 intr. (of a cloud, fog, etc.) rise, disperse.
6 tr. remove (a barrier or restriction).
7 tr. transport supplies, troops, etc. by air.
8 tr. colloq. a steal. b plagiarize (a passage of writing etc.).
9 Phonet. a tr. make louder; raise the pitch of. b intr. (of the voice) rise.
10 tr. dig up (esp. potatoes etc. at harvest).
11 intr. (of a floor) swell upwards, bulge.
12 tr. hold or have on high (the church lifts its spire).
13 tr. hit (a cricket-ball) into the air.
14 tr. (usu. in passive) perform cosmetic surgery on (esp. the face or breasts) to reduce sagging.
--n.
1 the act of lifting or process of being lifted.
2 a free ride in another person's vehicle (gave them a lift).
3 a Brit. a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering persons or things to different floors of a building or different levels of a mine etc. b a similar apparatus for carrying persons up or down a mountain etc. (see ski-lift).
4 a transport by air (see AIRLIFT n.). b a quantity of goods transported by air.
5 the upward pressure which air exerts on an aerofoil to counteract the force of gravity.
6 a supporting or elevating influence; a feeling of elation.
7 a layer of leather in the heel of a boot or shoe, esp. to correct shortening of a leg or increase height.
8 a a rise in the level of the ground. b the extent to which water rises in a canal lock.
Idiom:
lift down pick up and bring to a lower position. lift a finger (or hand etc.) (in neg.) make the slightest effort (didn't lift a finger to help). lift off (of a spacecraft or rocket) rise from the launching pad. lift-off n. the vertical take-off of a spacecraft or rocket. lift up one's head hold one's head high with pride. lift up one's voice sing out.
Derivative:
liftable adj. lifter n.
Etymology:
ME f. ON lypta f. Gmc
N aid, aidance, assistance, help, opitulation, succor, support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion, coadjuvancy, patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy, sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment, eutrophy, manna in the wilderness, food, means, ministry, ministration, subministration, accommodation, relief, rescue, help at a dead lift, supernatural aid, deus ex machina, supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits, support, adjunct, ally, aiding, auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful, coadjuvant, subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary, at one's beck, at one's beck and call, friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed, neighborly, obliging, with the aid, by the aid of, on behalf of, in behalf of, in aid of, in the service of, in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of, on account of, for the sake of, on the part of, non obstante, Int, help!, save us!, to the rescue!, alterum alterius auxilio eget, God befriend us as our cause is just, at your service.
N elevation, raising, erection, lift, sublevation, upheaval, sublimation, exaltation, prominence, lever, crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch, dredge, dredger, dredging machine, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift, elevated, stilted, attollent, rampant, on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs, elevation, raising, erection, lift, sublevation, upheaval, sublimation, exaltation, prominence, lever, crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch, dredge, dredger, dredging machine, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift, elevated, stilted, attollent, rampant, on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.
VB heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect, set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up, rear, hoist, heave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave, buoy, weigh mount, give a lift, exalt, sublimate, place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal, escalate 102, take up, drag up, fish up, dredge, stand up, rise up, get up, jump up, spring to one's feet, hold oneself, hold one's head up, drawn oneself up to his full height.
aerodynamic lift, alpine lift, chair lift, face lift, give a lift, lift bridge, lift off, lift out, lift pump, lift up, ski lift, surface lift, t-bar lift, top lift