Definition of Lift

Noun

• the act of raising something
  "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"
  "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
  raise heave
• a ride in a car
  "he gave me a lift home"
  
• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
  airlift
• 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"
  - face lift facelift - face lifting - cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy - rhytidoplasty - nip and tuck
• 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
  elevator
• one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
  
• a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
  
• a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
  - ski tow - ski lift
• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
  rise
• the event of something being raised upward
  "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"
  "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
  elevation raising
• the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
  - aerodynamic lift
• the act of giving temporary assistance
  

Verb

• perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
  - face lift
• remove from a surface
  "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
  
• remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
  "lift the tulip bulbs"
  
• remove (hair) by scalping
  
• put an end to
  "lift a ban"
  "raise a siege"
  raise
• rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
  "The floor is lifting slowly"
  
• call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
  
• take (root crops) out of the ground
  "lift potatoes"
  
• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
  "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
  airlift
• take illegally
  "rustle cattle"
  rustle
• take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech
  of intellectual property
  plagiarize plagiarise
• pay off (a mortgage)
  
• rise up
  "The building rose before them"
  rise rear
• take off or away by decreasing
  "lift the pressure"
  
• raise in rank or condition
  "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
  raise elevate
• invigorate or heighten
  "lift my spirits"
  "lift his ego"
  raise
• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
  hoist wind
• make off with belongings of others
  pilfer cabbage purloin pinch abstract snarf swipe hook sneak filch nobble
• cancel officially
  "He revoked the ban on smoking"
  "lift an embargo"
  "vacate a death sentence"
  revoke annul countermand reverse repeal overturn rescind vacate
• make audible
  "He lifted a war whoop"
  
• move upward
  "The fog lifted"
  "The smoke arose from the forest fire"
  "The mist uprose from the meadows"
  rise arise - move up - go up - come up uprise
• move upwards
  "lift one's eyes"
  raise
• take hold of something and move it to a different location
  "lift the box onto the table"
  
• raise from a lower to a higher position
  "Raise your hands"
  "Lift a load"
  raise elevate - get up - bring up

Word games points for the Lift

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Unscramble lift

10 unscramble word found using the letters lift.

fil, fit, flit, if, it, li, lift, lit, ti, til,