lift

v. raise, move upward; pick up; elevate; cheer, raise one's spirits; cancel, end, remove; steal (Slang)

n. act of raising or lifting; height to which something is raised, elevation; force which raises or elevates something; elevator (British); mechanical apparatus which lifts or raises (i.e. ski lift); ride in the vehicle of another person; elation, happy feeling

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Noun
1. the act of giving temporary assistance
(hypernym) aid, assist, assistance, help
2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
(synonym) aerodynamic lift
(hypernym) aerodynamic force
(hyponym) ground effect
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"
(synonym) elevation, raising
(hypernym) rise, rising, ascent, ascension
(derivation) rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
(synonym) rise
(hypernym) wave, moving ridge
(derivation) raise, elevate, get up, bring up
5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
(synonym) ski tow, ski lift
(hypernym) conveyance, transport
(hyponym) chairlift, chair lift
(derivation) hoist, wind
6. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
(hypernym) device
(derivation) raise, elevate, get up, bring up
7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
(hypernym) layer, bed
(hyponym) top lift
(part-holonym) heel
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
(synonym) elevator
(hypernym) lifting device
(hyponym) dumbwaiter, food elevator
(part-holonym) building, edifice
(part-meronym) car, elevator car
(derivation) hoist, wind
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"
(synonym) face lift, facelift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck
(hypernym) plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
(hyponym) nose job, rhinoplasty
10. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
(synonym) airlift
(hypernym) transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
(hyponym) Berlin airlift
(derivation) raise, elevate, get up, bring up
11. a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
(hypernym) drive, ride
12. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
(synonym) raise, heave
(hypernym) propulsion, actuation
(derivation) hoist, wind

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Verb
1. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
(synonym) raise, elevate, get up, bring up
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) get up
(cause) rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
(see-also) pick up, lift up, gather up
(derivation) raise, heave
2. take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) heave, heave up, heft, heft up
3. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
(synonym) raise
(hypernym) move, displace
(cause) rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
(derivation) raise, heave
4. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
(synonym) rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) scend, surge
(derivation) elevation, raising
5. make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
(hypernym) utter, emit, let out, let loose
6. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
(synonym) revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on
7. make off with belongings of others
(synonym) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble
(hypernym) steal
(derivation) booster, shoplifter, lifter
8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
(synonym) hoist, wind
(hypernym) raise, elevate, get up, bring up
(hyponym) trice, trice up
(derivation) raise, heave
9. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
(synonym) raise
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
10. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
(synonym) raise, elevate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) dignify
11. take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
12. rise up; "The building rose before them"
(synonym) rise, rear
(hypernym) look, appear, seem
(hyponym) loom, tower, predominate, hulk
13. pay off (a mortgage)
(hypernym) liquidate, pay off
14. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
(synonym) plagiarize, plagiarise
(hypernym) steal
(hyponym) crib
(classification) crime, law-breaking
15. take illegally; "rustle cattle"
(synonym) rustle
(hypernym) steal
(classification) crime, law-breaking
16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
(synonym) airlift
(hypernym) fly
17. take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
(hypernym) dig, dig out
18. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
(hypernym) call, send for
19. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
(hypernym) heave, buckle, warp
20. put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
(synonym) raise
(hypernym) end, terminate
21. remove (hair) by scalping
(hypernym) scalp
22. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
23. remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
(synonym) face-lift
(hypernym) operate on, operate

n. lift, elevator

n. elevator, lift, hoist

v. hitch hike