lift

1. the act of giving temporary assistance

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

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"

4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

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

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"

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

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"

1. raise from a lower to a higher position;

"Raise your hands"

"Lift a load"

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"

4. move upward;

"The fog lifted"

"The smoke arose from the forest fire"

"The mist uprose from the meadows"

5. make audible;

"He lifted a war whoop"

6. annul by recalling or rescinding;

"He revoked the ban on smoking"

"lift an embargo"

"vacate a death sentence"

7. make off with belongings of others

8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;

"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

9. invigorate or heighten;

"lift my spirits"

"lift his ego"

10. raise in rank or condition;

"The new law lifted many people from poverty"

11. take off or away by decreasing;

"lift the pressure"

12. rise up;

"The building rose before them"

13. pay off (a mortgage)

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

15. take illegally;

"rustle cattle"

16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;

"Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

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"

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