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lift

noun

1 lift

The act of giving temporary assistance.

Roget 707: aid, aidance; assistance, help, opitulation, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy etc. ... show more

2 lift

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

synonym: aerodynamic lift.

3 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.    ... show more

4 lift

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

synonym: rise.

5 lift

A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill.

synonyms: ski lift, ski tow.

Polish: wyciąg

6 lift

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

7 lift

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

8 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.

synonym: elevator.

Dutch: lift
Polish: winda, dźwig

9 lift

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

10 lift

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

synonym: airlift.

Dutch: luchtbrug

11 lift

A ride in a car.

Dutch: lift

12 lift

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

synonyms: heave, raise.

Polish: dźwignięcie, podźwignięcie

verb

1 lift

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; ... show more

Dutch: opvoeden, heffen, opheffen, optillen, tillen

2 lift

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

3 lift

Move upwards:
— Lift one's eyes.

synonym: raise.

4 lift

Move upward:
— The fog lifted.

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

Dutch: omhoogkomen, opkomen, optrekken

5 lift

Make audible.

6 lift

Cancel officially:
— Lift an embargo.

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

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

7 lift

Make off with belongings of others.

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

Dutch: verdonkeremanen, ontwenden, stelen, ontvreemden

8 lift

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

synonyms: hoist, wind.

Dutch: hijsen, ophijsen, opsjorren

9 lift

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

synonym: raise.

10 lift

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

synonyms: elevate, raise.

11 lift

Take off or away by decreasing.

12 lift

Rise up.

synonyms: rear, rise.

Dutch: verrijzen

13 lift

Pay off (a mortgage).

14 lift

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

synonyms: plagiarise, plagiarize.

Dutch: plagiëren

15 lift

Take illegally.

synonym: rustle.

16 lift

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

synonym: airlift.

17 lift

Take (root crops) out of the ground.

18 lift

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

19 lift

Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture.

20 lift

Put an end to:
— Lift a ban.

synonym: raise.

21 lift

Remove (hair) by scalping.

22 lift

Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery.

23 lift

Remove from a surface.

24 lift

Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.

synonym: face-lift.


Moby thesaurus: Caelus, Great Leap Forward, Olympian heights, Sunday drive, a leg up, abstract, acculturate, acme, advance, advancement, aerial heights, aerosphere, aggrandize, aid, air, airing, ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment ... show more.

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