'Lift' definitions:
Definition of 'lift'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of giving temporary assistance
noun
The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity [syn: aerodynamic lift, lift]
noun
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]
noun
A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn: lift, rise]
noun
noun
A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
noun
One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
noun
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]
noun
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]
noun
Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) [syn: airlift, lift]
noun
A ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
noun
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]
verb
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]
verb
Take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
verb
Move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise]
verb
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]
verb
Make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
verb
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]
verb
Make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
verb
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift, wind]
verb
Invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" [syn: raise, lift]
verb
Raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate]
verb
Take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
verb
verb
Pay off (a mortgage)
verb
Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property [syn: plagiarize, plagiarise, lift]
verb
Take illegally; "rustle cattle" [syn: rustle, lift]
verb
Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" [syn: airlift, lift]
verb
Take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
verb
Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
verb
Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
verb
Put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift, raise]
verb
Remove (hair) by scalping
verb
Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
verb
Remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
verb
Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face [syn: face- lift, lift]
Definition of 'Lift'
From: GCIDE
- Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), v. i.
- 1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. [1913 Webster]
- Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. --Locke. [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. [See Lift, v. t., 5.] To steal; also, to live by theft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lift'
From: GCIDE
- Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), n. [AS. lyft air. See Loft.] The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lift'
From: GCIDE
- Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lifting.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. l["o]fte, G. l["u]ften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See Loft, and cf. 1st Lift.]
- 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. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Lest, being lifted up with pride. --1 Tim. iii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. [1913 Webster]
- 5. [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. kle`ptein. Cf. Shoplifter.] To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted. [1913 Webster]
- He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To lift up, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross. --John viii. 28.
- To lift up the eyes. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer. --Ps. cxxi. 1.
- To lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief. --Ps. lxxiv. 3.
- To lift up the hand. (a) To take an oath. --Gen. xiv. 22. (b) To pray. --Ps. xxviii. 2. (c) To engage in duty. --Heb. xii. 12.
- To lift up the hand against, to rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress. --Job xxxi. 21.
- To lift up one's head, to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice. --Gen. xl. 13. --Luke xxi. 28.
- To lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence or unkindness. --John xiii.18.
- To lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out. --Gen. xxi. 16. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lift'
From: GCIDE
- Lift \Lift\, n.
- 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. Hence: A ride in a vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as a favor -- usually in "give a lift" or "got a lift"; as, to give one a lift in a wagon; Jack gave me a lift into town. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
- The goat gives the fox a lift. --L'Estrange.
- 4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. [Chiefly Brit.] (b) An exercising machine. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Naut.) 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. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Horology) 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]
- Dead lift. See under Dead. --Swift.
- Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
- Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.
- Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.
- Lift lock, a canal lock.
- Lift pump, a lifting pump.
- Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.
- Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lift'
From: GCIDE
- Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. ['e]l['e]vateur.]
- 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (A["e]ronautics) A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Elevator head, Elevator leg, & Elevator boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator. [1913 Webster]
- Elevator shoes, shoes having unusually thick soles and heels, designed to make a person appear taller than he or she actually is. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'lift'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a leg up,
- abstract,
- acculturate,
- acme,
- advance,
- advancement,
- aerial heights,
- aerosphere,
- aggrandize,
- aid,
- air,
- airing,
- ameliorate,
- amelioration,
- amend,
- amendment,
- amortize,
- and,
- annex,
- annul,
- apex,
- appropriate,
- arise,
- ascend,
- ascent,
- aspire,
- assist,
- assistance,
- atmosphere,
- azure,
- bag,
- bang,
- be poised,
- bear,
- better,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- billow,
- biosphere,
- blue sky,
- boost,
- boot,
- bore,
- borrow,
- break,
- breakers,
- bring forward,
- buoy up,
- burglary,
- caelum,
- Caelus,
- cancel,
- canopy,
- canopy of heaven,
- caper,
- carry,
- cast up,
- cerulean,
- charge,
- chop,
- choppiness,
- chopping sea,
- civilize,
- clear,
- comb,
- comber,
- comfort,
- conduct,
- confiscate,
- convey,
- cop,
- cope,
- copy,
- crab,
- crane,
- crash,
- crib,
- dash,
- defraud,
- deify,
- derrick,
- dignify,
- dirty water,
- disappear,
- discharge,
- discontinue,
- dismantle,
- dissipate,
- dizzy heights,
- drive,
- dumbwaiter,
- eagre,
- ebb and flow,
- ecosphere,
- edify,
- educate,
- elate,
- elevate,
- elevation,
- elevator,
- embezzle,
- emend,
- eminence,
- empyrean,
- encouragement,
- end,
- enhance,
- enhancement,
- enlighten,
- ennoble,
- enrich,
- enrichment,
- enshrine,
- erect,
- erector,
- escalate,
- escalator,
- ether,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- exalt,
- extort,
- fatten,
- favor,
- filch,
- firmament,
- flush,
- fly,
- forklift,
- forward,
- foster,
- freight,
- furtherance,
- gantry crane,
- gaseous envelope,
- go straight,
- grab,
- gravity wave,
- Great Leap Forward,
- ground swell,
- hand,
- headway,
- heave,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- heavy sea,
- heavy swell,
- heft,
- height,
- heighten,
- heights,
- heist,
- helping hand,
- hike,
- hoick,
- hoist,
- hold up,
- honor,
- hook,
- hyaline,
- hydraulic tailgate,
- immortalize,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- improvement,
- inducement,
- inspiration,
- jack,
- jackscrew,
- jerk up,
- job,
- jollies,
- joyride,
- kick,
- knock up,
- larceny,
- lard,
- leg,
- leg up,
- lever,
- levitate,
- liberate,
- lift up,
- lifter,
- lifts,
- liquidate,
- lob,
- loft,
- lop,
- lug,
- magnify,
- make accounts square,
- make an improvement,
- make off with,
- manhandle,
- meliorate,
- melioration,
- mend,
- mending,
- mount,
- moving staircase,
- nick,
- nip,
- noosphere,
- nurture,
- Olympian heights,
- pack,
- palm,
- pay in full,
- pay off,
- pay the bill,
- pay the shot,
- pay up,
- peak,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pickup,
- pilfer,
- pinch,
- plagiarize,
- poach,
- pocket,
- popple,
- preferment,
- progress,
- progression,
- promote,
- promotion,
- purloin,
- purloining,
- quiver,
- raise,
- raise up,
- rear,
- rear up,
- reassurance,
- recall,
- recovery,
- redeem,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- relief,
- repeal,
- rescind,
- restoration,
- retire,
- reverse,
- revival,
- ride,
- riffle,
- rip-off,
- ripple,
- rise,
- rise and fall,
- rising ground,
- robbery,
- rocket,
- roll,
- roller,
- rough water,
- run away with,
- rush,
- rush of emotion,
- rustle,
- satisfy,
- scend,
- scrounge,
- sea,
- send,
- sensation,
- set up,
- settle,
- shiver,
- shoplift,
- shudder,
- sky,
- smash,
- snare,
- snatch,
- snitch,
- soar,
- socialize,
- spin,
- square,
- square accounts,
- starry heaven,
- steal,
- stealage,
- stealing,
- steep,
- stick up,
- stimulus,
- stop,
- straighten out,
- stratosphere,
- strike a balance,
- succor,
- Sunday drive,
- support,
- surf,
- surge,
- surge of emotion,
- swell,
- swindle,
- swipe,
- tackle,
- take,
- take away,
- take up,
- terminate,
- the blue,
- the blue serene,
- theft,
- thieve,
- thievery,
- thieving,
- thrill,
- throw up,
- tidal bore,
- tidal wave,
- tide wave,
- tingle,
- tingling,
- titillation,
- toss,
- tote,
- touch,
- tower,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- transport,
- tremor,
- tremor of excitement,
- trough,
- tsunami,
- undulate,
- undulation,
- up,
- upbeat,
- upbuoy,
- upcast,
- upgrade,
- upheave,
- uphoist,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- uprise,
- upswing,
- upthrow,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility,
- vanish,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- vault,
- vault of heaven,
- void,
- waft,
- walk off with,
- water wave,
- wave,
- wavelet,
- welkin,
- whirl,
- whisk,
- white horses,
- whitecaps,
- windlass,
- wing,
- withdraw,
- zenith
Words containing 'Lift'
- Lifted,
- Lifting,
- To lift up,
- lift off,
- lift out,
- lift up,
- Dead lift,
- Health lift,
- Lift bridge,
- Lift gate,
- Lift hammer,
- Lift lock,
- Lift pump,
- Lift tenter,
- Lift wall,
- Lifting bridge,
- Lifting jack,
- Lifting machine,
- Lifting pump,
- Lifting rod,
- Lifting sail,
- To lift the hand against,
- To lift the horn,
- To lift up the eyes,
- To lift up the feet,
- To lift up the hand,
- To lift up the hand against,
- To lift up the heel against,
- To lift up the voice,
- Topping lift,
- aerodynamic lift,
- alpine lift,
- chair lift,
- face lift,
- face lifting,
- give a lift,
- heavy lifting,
- lifting device,
- ski lift,
- surface lift,
- table lifting,
- top lift,
- To lift up one's head,
- face-lift,
- t-bar lift,
- weight-lift