The act of giving temporary assistance.

Roget 707: aid, aidance^†; assistance, help, opitulation^†, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy etc. (cooperation) 709^†.    patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy.    sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food etc. 298; means etc. 632.    ministry, ministration; subministration^†; accommodation.    relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina [Lat.].    supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements^†, succors, contingents, recruits; support etc. (physical) 215; adjunct, ally etc. (helper) 711.    ... show more

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

synonym: aerodynamic lift.

The event of something being raised upward.

synonyms: elevation, raising.

Roget 307: elevation; raising etc. v.; erection, lift; sublevation^†, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence etc. (convexity) 250.    lever etc. 633; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine.    dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.    ... show more

A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground.

synonym: rise.

A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill.

synonyms: ski lift, ski tow.

Polish: wyciąg

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

One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot.

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.

synonym: elevator.

Dutch: lift
Polish: winda, dźwig

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.

synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty.

Dutch: facelift

Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable).

synonym: airlift.

Dutch: luchtbrug

A ride in a car.

Dutch: lift

The act of raising something:
— He responded with a lift of his eyebrow.

synonyms: heave, raise.

Polish: dźwignięcie, podźwignięcie

Raise from a lower to a higher position:
— Lift a load.

synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, raise.

Roget 307: 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 etc. (increase) 35 102 194.    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.    ... show more

Dutch: opvoeden, heffen, opheffen, optillen, tillen

Take hold of something and move it to a different location.

Move upwards:
— Lift one's eyes.

synonym: raise.

Move upward:
— The fog lifted.

synonyms: arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise.

Dutch: omhoogkomen, opkomen, optrekken

Make audible.

Cancel officially:
— Lift an embargo.

synonyms: annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate.

Dutch: herroepen, afschaffen, annuleren, intrekken, terugtrekken, achteruitzetten, terugdraaien

Make off with belongings of others.

synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe ... show more.

Dutch: verdonkeremanen, ontwenden, stelen, ontvreemden

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.

synonyms: hoist, wind.

Dutch: hijsen, ophijsen, opsjorren

Invigorate or heighten:
— Lift my spirits.
— Lift his ego.

synonym: raise.

Raise in rank or condition:
— The new law lifted many people from poverty.

synonyms: elevate, raise.

Take off or away by decreasing.

Rise up.

synonyms: rear, rise.

Dutch: verrijzen

Pay off (a mortgage).

Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property.

synonyms: plagiarise, plagiarize.

Dutch: plagiëren

Take illegally.

synonym: rustle.

Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means:
— Food is airlifted into Bosnia.

synonym: airlift.

Take (root crops) out of the ground.

Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs.

Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture.

Put an end to:
— Lift a ban.

synonym: raise.

Remove (hair) by scalping.

Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery.

Remove from a surface.

Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.

synonym: face-lift.