'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
A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill [syn: ski tow, ski lift, lift]
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
Rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: rise, lift, rear]
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'

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Words containing 'Lift'