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"

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