lift

Sense 1 noun

the act of giving temporary assistance

Sense 2 verb

raise from a lower to a higher position

Raise your hands

Sense 3 noun

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

Sense 4 verb

take hold of something and move it to a different location

lift the box onto the table

Sense 5 noun

the event of something being raised upward

an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon

Sense 6 verb

move upwards

lift one's eyes

Sense 7 noun

a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

Sense 8 verb

move upward

The fog lifted

Sense 9 noun

a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

Sense 10 verb

make audible

He lifted a war whoop

Sense 11 noun

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

Sense 12 verb

cancel officially

He revoked the ban on smoking

Sense 13 noun

one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

Sense 14 verb

make off with belongings of others

Sense 15 noun

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

Sense 16 verb

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

Sense 17 noun

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

Sense 18 verb

invigorate or heighten

lift my spirits

Sense 19 noun

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

Sense 20 verb

raise in rank or condition

The new law lifted many people from poverty

Sense 21 noun

a ride in a car

he gave me a lift home

Sense 22 verb

take off or away by decreasing

lift the pressure

Sense 23 noun

the act of raising something

he responded with a lift of his eyebrow

Sense 24 verb

rise up

The building rose before them

Sense 25 verb

pay off (a mortgage)

Sense 26 verb

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

Sense 27 verb

take illegally

rustle cattle

Sense 28 verb

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

Food is airlifted into Bosnia

Sense 29 verb

take (root crops) out of the ground

lift potatoes

Sense 30 verb

call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

Sense 31 verb

rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

The floor is lifting slowly

Sense 32 verb

put an end to

lift a ban

Sense 33 verb

remove (hair) by scalping

Sense 34 verb

remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

lift the tulip bulbs

Sense 35 verb

remove from a surface

the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table

Sense 36 verb

perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face