lift

Noun

• the act of raising something
  • he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
    
  • fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
    

• a ride in a car
  • he gave me a lift home
    

• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

• 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
    

• 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

• one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

• a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

• a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• the event of something being raised upward
  • an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
    
  • a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
    

• the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

• the act of giving temporary assistance

Verb

• perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

• remove from a surface
  • the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
    

• remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
  • lift the tulip bulbs
    

• remove (hair) by scalping

• put an end to
  • lift a ban
    
  • raise a siege
    

• rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
  • The floor is lifting slowly
    

• call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

• take (root crops) out of the ground
  • lift potatoes
    

• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
  • Food is airlifted into Bosnia
    

• take illegally
  • rustle cattle
    

• take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

• pay off (a mortgage)

• rise up
  • The building rose before them
    

• take off or away by decreasing
  • lift the pressure
    

• raise in rank or condition
  • The new law lifted many people from poverty
    

• invigorate or heighten
  • lift my spirits
    
  • lift his ego
    

• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  • hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
    

• make off with belongings of others

• cancel officially
  • He revoked the ban on smoking
    
  • lift an embargo
    
  • vacate a death sentence
    

• make audible
  • He lifted a war whoop
    

• move upward
  • The fog lifted
    
  • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    
  • The mist uprose from the meadows
    

• move upwards
  • lift one's eyes
    

• take hold of something and move it to a different location
  • lift the box onto the table
    

• raise from a lower to a higher position
  • Raise your hands
    
  • Lift a load
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  raise , heave , airlift , face lift , facelift , face lifting , cosmetic surgery , rhytidectomy , rhytidoplasty , nip and tuck , elevator , ski tow , ski lift , rise , elevation , raising , aerodynamic lift , face-lift , rustle , plagiarize , plagiarise , rear , elevate , hoist , wind , revoke , annul , coun
• Antonyms: 
  descend , fall , go down , come down , lower , take down , let down , get down , bring down