Definition of lift | What does lift mean?
What is the definition of the word LIFT?
Here is a list of definitions for lift.
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- 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
- 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"
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
- the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
What are the verbs of the word LIFT?
Here is a list of definitions for lift.
- raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
- take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
- move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
- move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
- cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
- make off with belongings of others
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
- invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
- raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
- take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
- rise up; "The building rose before them"
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- take illegally; "rustle cattle"
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
- take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
- put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
- remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
- remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
What are the synonyms of the word LIFT?
What is another word for LIFT?. Here is a list of synonyms for LIFT
- LIFT
- AERODYNAMIC LIFT
- ELEVATION
- RAISING
- RISE
- SKI TOW
- SKI LIFT
- ELEVATOR
- FACE LIFT
- FACELIFT
- FACE LIFTING
- COSMETIC SURGERY
- RHYTIDECTOMY
- RHYTIDOPLASTY
- NIP AND TUCK
- AIRLIFT
- RAISE
- HEAVE
- ELEVATE
- GET UP
- BRING UP
- ARISE
- MOVE UP
- GO UP
- COME UP
- UPRISE
- REVOKE
- ANNUL
- COUNTERMAND
- REVERSE
- REPEAL
- OVERTURN
- RESCIND
- VACATE
- HOIST
- WIND
- REAR
- PLAGIARIZE
- PLAGIARISE
- RUSTLE
- FACE-LIFT
Words beginning with LIFT?
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In which dictionaries does the word lift exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes