Lift - Definition

n 1: the act of giving temporary assistance
2: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil
that opposes gravity [syn: aerodynamic lift, lift]
3: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of
the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land
resulting from volcanic activity" [syn: elevation, lift,
raising]
4: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn:
lift, rise]
5: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill [syn: ski
tow, ski lift, lift]
6: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look
taller or to correct a shortened leg
7: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
8: 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 [syn:
elevator, lift]
9: 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" [syn: face lift,
facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery,
rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck]
10: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when
other means of access are unavailable) [syn: airlift,
lift]
11: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
12: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of
his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for
getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave]
v 1: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your
hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate,
get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let
down, lower, take down]
2: take hold of something and move it to a different location;
"lift the box onto the table"
3: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise]
4: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up,
uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
5: make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
6: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an
embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul,
lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn,
rescind, vacate]
7: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook,
sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
8: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift,
wind]
9: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
[syn: raise, lift]
10: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people
from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate]
11: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
12: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: rise,
lift, rear]
13: pay off (a mortgage)
14: take without referencing from someone else's writing or
speech; of intellectual property [syn: plagiarize,
plagiarise, lift]
15: take illegally; "rustle cattle" [syn: rustle, lift]
16: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by
other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" [syn:
airlift, lift]
17: take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
18: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
19: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is
lifting slowly"
20: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift,
raise]
21: remove (hair) by scalping
22: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip
bulbs"
23: remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some
fingerprints from the table"
24: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face [syn: face-
lift, lift]